Jacques Aymar-Vernay (born in 1662) was a stonemason from the village of Saint Marcellin in Dauphiné, France, who reintroduced dowsing with a divining rod into popular usage in Europe.
Arthur Stannard Vernay (1877–1960), American antique collector, hunter and explorer
Vernay went on to win four races that season and clinched the championship over James Hinchcliffe with one race to go, having to just start the final round.
In its northern part, at the junction with the Rue François Vernay, several old houses were razed in 1911, under the mandate of President Édouard Herriot, during development works of the district which included the construction of the Gare de Lyon-Saint-Paul (1874) and the Palais de Bondy, housing the Salle Molière (1904).