Louis Vincent Le Blond de Saint-Hilaire

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Louis Charles Vincent Le Blond de Saint-Hilaire (1766-1809) was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars. He was born in Ribemont, Aisne.

During Napoleon's Italian Campaigns he was général de brigade of the Army of Italy and général de division in 1799. He served as commander of Marseille in 1800, He was Général de Division of the 1st Division, IV Corps during the Austerlitz campaign.

He also took part in campaigns in Prussia, Poland, and was killed by a wound received at the Battle of Wagram in 1809. Napoleon ordered his remains interred in the Panthéon alongside Marshal Jean Lannes.

His great great great grandson Lou Vincent plays for the New Zealand cricket team.^{[citation needed]}