| Date | Person | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agostini, Giuseppe | Teacher of theology in Avignon, Lyon, Palermo | |
| 1656 | d'Aix, François | Died in Lyon |
| 1678 | Bayle, Anselme | Born in Lyon |
| 1702 | Béraud, Laurent | Born in Lyon |
| 1777 | Béraud, Laurent | Died in Lyon |
| 1740 – | Béraud, Laurent | Teacher of physics, chemistry, biology in Lyon |
| Béraud, Laurent | Occupied himself with astronomical observations, magnetism, meteorology, combustion in Lyon | |
| – 1764 | Béraud, Laurent | Director of astronomical observatory in Lyon |
| 1694 | Bertal, Etienne | Died in Lyon |
| 1688 | Bertal, Etienne | Various offices in Lyon |
| Castel, Louis-Bertrand | Occupied himself with in Lyon | |
| 1695 | de la Charme, Alexandre | Born in Lyon |
| 1693 | du Chatelard, Jean Jacques | Born in Lyon |
| du Chatelard, Jean Jacques | Occupied himself with in Lyon | |
| 1648 | Dorion, Pierre | Teacher of rhetoric in Lyon |
| 1695 | Duclos, Jean Antoine | Born in Lyon |
| Duclos, Jean Antoine | Teacher of mathematics in Avignon, Lyon, Mâcon | |
| Duclos, Jean Antoine | Occupied himself with in Lyon | |
| 1696 | Dumas, Jean | Born in Lyon |
| 1711 | Dumas, Jean | Entered the Society of Jesus in Lyon |