Nogent-sur-Vernisson has been home to people who have marked local history, literature and natural sciences.
Several Waterways and Forestry officers resided in Nogent over the centuries, contributing to knowledge of the Orléans forest massif. Their registers are a precious ecological archive.
Like many rural communes, Nogent has its "village sages" — teachers, priests, doctors — whose memory is preserved in the municipal archives.
Several craftspeople and landscape painters have made their home in Nogent or its surroundings, drawn by the particular light of the Gâtinais forest.
The long list of Nogent's mayors reflects the political and social evolution of the commune from the early Republic to the present day.