Paul Alday (c.1763–1835), violinist, composer, and music publisher
Anna Maria Antigó (1602–1676), abbess
François Arago (1786–1853), physicist, astronomer, and liberal politician
Alexandre Artus (1821–1911), composer and conductor
Amédée Artus (1815–1892), composer and conductor
Frédérick Bousquet (born 1981), freestyle and butterfly swimmer
Robert Brasillach (1909–1945), fascist author and journalist
Eugène Collache (1847–1883), French Navy officer who fought in Japan
Mary Elmes (1908–2002), Irish aid worker
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo (born 1968), pianist
François de Fossa (1775–1849), classical guitarist and composer
Jacques-François Gallay (1795-1864), French horn player and composer
Philippe Georget (born 1962), novelist
Louise Labé (1524–1566), Lyons poet of the Renaissance
Aristide Maillol (1861–1944), sculptor and painter
André Marty (1886–1956), communist leader
Menachem Meiri (1249–c.1310), Catalan rabbi, Talmudist, and Maimonidean
Isabelle Pasco (born 1966), actress
Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743), painter
Following a visit in 1963, the Catalan surrealist artist Salvador Dalí declared the city's railway station the centre of the Universe, saying that he always got his best ideas sitting in its waiting room.
Dalí's painting La Gare de Perpignan commemorates his vision of "cosmogonic ecstasy" there on September 19, 1963.
He followed that up some years later by declaring that the Iberian Peninsula rotated precisely at Perpignan station 132 million years ago – an event the artist invoked in his 1983 painting Topological Abduction of Europe – Homage to René Thom.
Above the station is a monument in Dali's honour, and across the surface of one of the main platforms is painted, in big letters, «perpignan centre du monde» (French for "perpignan centre of the world").
Paul Alday (c.1763–1835), violinist, composer, and music publisher
Anna Maria Antigó (1602–1676), abbess
François Arago (1786–1853), physicist, astronomer, and liberal politician
Alexandre Artus (1821–1911), composer and conductor
Amédée Artus (1815–1892), composer and conductor
Frédérick Bousquet (born 1981), freestyle and butterfly swimmer
Robert Brasillach (1909–1945), fascist author and journalist
Eugène Collache (1847–1883), French Navy officer who fought in Japan
Mary Elmes (1908–2002), Irish aid worker
Sandrine Erdely-Sayo (born 1968), pianist
François de Fossa (1775–1849), classical guitarist and composer
Jacques-François Gallay (1795-1864), French horn player and composer
Philippe Georget (born 1962), novelist
Louise Labé (1524–1566), Lyons poet of the Renaissance
Aristide Maillol (1861–1944), sculptor and painter
André Marty (1886–1956), communist leader
Menachem Meiri (1249–c.1310), Catalan rabbi, Talmudist, and Maimonidean
Isabelle Pasco (born 1966), actress
Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743), painter
Following a visit in 1963, the Catalan surrealist artist Salvador Dalí declared the city's railway station the centre of the Universe, saying that he always got his best ideas sitting in its waiting room. Dalí's painting La Gare de Perpignan commemorates his vision of "cosmogonic ecstasy" there on September 19, 1963. He followed that up some years later by declaring that the Iberian Peninsula rotated precisely at Perpignan station 132 million years ago – an event the artist invoked in his 1983 painting Topological Abduction of Europe – Homage to René Thom. Above the station is a monument in Dali's honour, and across the surface of one of the main platforms is painted, in big letters, «perpignan centre du monde» (French for "perpignan centre of the world").
Perpignan