Personalities

Compiègne was the birthplace of:

Roscellinus (~1050 - ~1122), philosopher and theologian, often regarded as the founder of Nominalism Pierre d'Ailly (1350–1420), theologian and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church Albert Robida (1848–1926), illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist Marcel Tabuteau (1887–1966), Oboist, regarded as the founder of American oboe playing. Suzanne Lenglen (1899–1938), tennis player, international female sport star