Toucy (d. 1241), Regent of the Latin Empire of Constantinople in 1228-1231 (d. 1274), Archbishop of Sens born in Charny Philippe de Toucy (d. 1277), Regent of the Latin Empire of Constantinople in 1243–1248, Admiral of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1273 Narjot IV de Toucy (d. 1293), Captain-General of the Kingdom of Albania, Admiral of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1277, and bailli of the Principality of Achaea in 1282 Mathieu of Ratilly (13th century), builder of the near Treigny Robert Knolles (ca. 1325–1407), English warlord during the Hundred Years' War, based in Malicorne between 1358 and 1360 Antoine de Chabannes (1408-1488), Lord of Puisaye and builder of the Château de Saint-Fargeau Early modern period (ca. 1460–1540), Catholic priest and poet from Toucy Antoine de Rochechouart (ca. 1488–1544), military leader and builder of the Château de Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye Hugues Cosnier (1573-1629), engineer and builder of the pioneering Briare Canal between the Loire and Seine rivers (via the Loing) which runs on the northwestern fringe of Puisaye (1626-1702), Knight Hospitaller and provincial prior of the Order for Aquitaine from 1691 to 1702, born in Malicorne Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627-1693) known as la Grande Mademoiselle, owner of the Château de Saint-Fargeau who lived there in exile from Paris from 1652 to 1657 (1680-1754), naval commander who participated in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745), born in Bitry Late modern and contemporary period Political, administrative and military leaders (1741-1818), army general during the French Revolution, born in Mézilles Louis-Michel le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau (1760-1793), iconic victim of the French Revolution (1763-1827), army commander and author born in Bitry (1764-1830), army general during the Napoleonic Wars born in Saint-Fargeau (1774-1840), army general during the Napoleonic Wars born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (1805-1891), politician and banker, born in Saint-Fargeau and owner of a mansion in L'Orme du Pont near Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye (1843-1922), industrialist, politician and philanthropist, died in Briare Albert Grodet (1853-1933), colonial administrator in French Sudan, Equatorial Africa and French Guiana, born in Saint-Fargeau Georges Demetz (1865-1942), commander of French colonial troops during World War I, born in Saint-Fargeau (1867-1916), army general killed during World War I, born in Bléneau Léon Noël (1888-1987), senior civil servant and politician, resistant during World War II and historian (including on Gilo of Toucy) who settled and died in Toucy Scholars, scientists and industrialists (1791-1855), geographer born in Saint-Fargeau Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy (1799-1857), polymath and entomologist from Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye Onésime