Notables who were born, lived, or died in Menton include:
Jérôme Alonzo (born 1972), French first division football goalkeeper, born in Menton 20 November 1972
Richard Anconina (born 1953), French actor; before his film career, he worked for several years at a holiday club for seniors in Menton
Émile Appay (1876–1935), French landscape painter, spent time in Menton over the years with beautiful paintings of the sea.

Ferdinand Bac (1859–1952), French illustrator, lithographer, and writer; developed the house and gardens of Les Colombières above Menton for Émile and Caroline Ladan-Bockairy.
The house contains frescoes and modernist furniture by Bac, with a large garden set over several levels.
Les Colombières is a Monument Historique and has been recently restored.

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872–1898), English illustrator and author
Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), English-born writer
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867–1928), Spanish author; at the end of his life, lived on his estate, Fontana Rosa, in Menton
René Clément (1913–1996) film director.

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), French artist, spent much time in Menton over the years; the Jean Cocteau Museum is in Menton; decorated the wedding room in Menton's town hall, and the small stone bastion in Menton's harbour wall
Olivier Echouafni (born 1972), French first-division football midfielder, born in Menton 13 September 1972
William Webb Ellis (1806–1872), inventor of rugby; lived in Menton at the end of his life and is buried in the old cemetery
Sébastien Gattuso (born 1971), Monégasque athlete specializing in bobsledding
Ivan Grigorovich (1853–1930), Imperial Russian Navy admiral, lived in Menton after the Russian Revolution
Panait Istrati (1884–1935), Romanian writer of French and Romanian expression (friends with Romain Rolland); lived in Menton for a brief period and has a street in Menton named after him
Joseph Joffo (1931–2018), French author; lived temporarily in Menton during World War II
Anatoly Lunacharsky (died 1933), Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Soviet People's Commissar of Enlightenment responsible for culture and education; died in Menton
Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), New Zealand modernist short story writer who lived and worked in a street now named after her.
Her former home, the Villa Isola Bella is used as the residence for New Zealand writers who receive the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship to live and write there for a year.

Charles H. Spurgeon (1834–1892), British Baptist preacher; died in Menton
Graham Sutherland (1903–1980), English painter
Philip Meadows Taylor (1808–1876), British Indian civil servant and author
Hans-Georg Tersling (1857–1920), Danish architect, designed many buildings in the town
Cédric Varrault (born 1980), French first-division football defender; began his career with the Menton football club
William Butler Yeats (born 1865), Irish writer and poet; died in Menton 28 January 1939 (aged 73).

James Matheson (1796-1878), was a Scottish trader in India, co-founder of Jardine Matheson & Co., died in Menton 31 December 1878 (aged 82).
Notables who were born, lived, or died in Menton include:
Jérôme Alonzo (born 1972), French first division football goalkeeper, born in Menton 20 November 1972
Richard Anconina (born 1953), French actor; before his film career, he worked for several years at a holiday club for seniors in Menton
Émile Appay (1876–1935), French landscape painter, spent time in Menton over the years with beautiful paintings of the sea.
Ferdinand Bac (1859–1952), French illustrator, lithographer, and writer; developed the house and gardens of Les Colombières above Menton for Émile and Caroline Ladan-Bockairy. The house contains frescoes and modernist furniture by Bac, with a large garden set over several levels. Les Colombières is a Monument Historique and has been recently restored.
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872–1898), English illustrator and author
Lesley Blanch (1904–2007), English-born writer
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867–1928), Spanish author; at the end of his life, lived on his estate, Fontana Rosa, in Menton
René Clément (1913–1996) film director.
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), French artist, spent much time in Menton over the years; the Jean Cocteau Museum is in Menton; decorated the wedding room in Menton's town hall, and the small stone bastion in Menton's harbour wall
Olivier Echouafni (born 1972), French first-division football midfielder, born in Menton 13 September 1972
William Webb Ellis (1806–1872), inventor of rugby; lived in Menton at the end of his life and is buried in the old cemetery
Sébastien Gattuso (born 1971), Monégasque athlete specializing in bobsledding
Ivan Grigorovich (1853–1930), Imperial Russian Navy admiral, lived in Menton after the Russian Revolution
Panait Istrati (1884–1935), Romanian writer of French and Romanian expression (friends with Romain Rolland); lived in Menton for a brief period and has a street in Menton named after him
Joseph Joffo (1931–2018), French author; lived temporarily in Menton during World War II
Anatoly Lunacharsky (died 1933), Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Soviet People's Commissar of Enlightenment responsible for culture and education; died in Menton
Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), New Zealand modernist short story writer who lived and worked in a street now named after her. Her former home, the Villa Isola Bella is used as the residence for New Zealand writers who receive the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship to live and write there for a year.
Charles H. Spurgeon (1834–1892), British Baptist preacher; died in Menton
Graham Sutherland (1903–1980), English painter
Philip Meadows Taylor (1808–1876), British Indian civil servant and author
Hans-Georg Tersling (1857–1920), Danish architect, designed many buildings in the town
Cédric Varrault (born 1980), French first-division football defender; began his career with the Menton football club
William Butler Yeats (born 1865), Irish writer and poet; died in Menton 28 January 1939 (aged 73).
James Matheson (1796-1878), was a Scottish trader in India, co-founder of Jardine Matheson & Co., died in Menton 31 December 1878 (aged 82).
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