49.8920° N, 2.2978° E

AMIENS

Most Famous People Born in Amiens, France

Notable people
442
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1902
Most distinctive
Sculptor 3.8×
Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Amiens during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 41 notable births.

What Amiens Is Known For

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Politician is Amiens's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (55).

Amiens over-indexes on sculptor3.8× the global rate.

Amiens under-produces writer — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician55
  2. Football32
  3. Painter25
  4. Actor19
  5. Hockey18
  6. Journalist13
  7. Composer12
  8. Historian12
  1. Sculptor113.8×
  2. Hockey183.4×
  3. Physician103.3×
  4. Physicist52.7×
  5. Historian122.6×
  6. Architect102.5×
  7. Engineer62.2×
  8. Painter252.1×
  1. Writer90.6×
  2. Football320.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Amiens's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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442 notable people

0001 POLITICIAN

Emmanuel Macron

Born 1977

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0002 WRITER

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

1741 - 1803

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0003 PLAYWRIGHT

Paul Bourget

1852 - 1935

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0004 PREACHER

Peter the Hermit

1050 - 1115

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0005 PRIEST

Ansgar

801 - 865

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0006 FOOTBALL

Yann M'Vila

Born 1990

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0007 ECONOMIST

Olivier Blanchard

Born 1948

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0008 MATHEMATICIAN

Édouard Lucas

1842 - 1891

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0009 PHYSICIST

Édouard Branly

1844 - 1940

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0010 FILM

Germaine Dulac

1882 - 1942

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0011 ASTRONOMER

Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre

1749 - 1822

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0012 LEXICOGRAPHER

Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange

1610 - 1688

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0013 ACTOR

Anne Brochet

Born 1966

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0014 POET

Vincent Voiture

1597 - 1648

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0015 NOVELIST

Roland Dorgelès

1885 - 1973

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0016 IMPERIALE

Magnentius

303 - 353

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0017 OFFICER

Odette Hallowes

1912 - 1995

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0018 COMPOSER

Jean-Jacques Perrey

1929 - 2016

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0019 SPORT

Philippe Gaumont

1973 - 2013

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0020 CHESS

Pal Benko

1928 - 2019

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0021 ENTOMOLOGIST

André Marie Constant Duméril

1774 - 1860

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0022 ARMY

Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval

1715 - 1789

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0023 PRIEST

Felix of Valois

1127 - 1212

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0024 COMPOSER

Loyset Compère

1440 - 1518

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0025 PAINTER

Simon Marmion

1425 - 1489

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0026 ANATOMIST

Jacques Dubois

1478 - 1555

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0027 POET

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset

1709 - 1777

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0028 ARCHITECT

Jean Bullant

1515 - 1578

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0029 COMPOSER

Petrus de Cruce

Died 1347

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0030 ACTOR

Simone Renant

1911 - 2004

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0031 PAINTER

Clovis Trouille

1889 - 1975

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0032 POLITICIAN

Geneviève Fioraso

Born 1954

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0033 ACTOR

Albin de la Simone

Born 1970

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0034 MUSIC

Disiz

Born 1978

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0035 CONDUCTOR

Sylvain Cambreling

Born 1948

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0036 TEACHER

Brigitte Macron

Born 1953

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0037 ENGINEER

Charles Tellier

1828 - 1913

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0038 PSYCHOANALYST

Pierre Bayard

Born 1954

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0039 POET

Richard de Fournival

1201 - 1260

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0040 ENTOMOLOGIST

Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean

1780 - 1845

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0041 SCULPTOR

Charles Cressent

1685 - 1768

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0042 PAINTER

François Dubois

1529 - 1584

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0043 DESIGNER

Robert Opron

Born 1932

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0044 SWIMMER

Mélanie Henique

Born 1992

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0045 ACTOR

Véronique Silver

1931 - 2010

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0046 ARTIST

Joseph Pinchon

1871 - 1953

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0047 ACTOR

Éric Berger

Born 1969

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0048 PHILOSOPHER

Jean-Jacques Nattiez

Born 1945

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0049 PLAYER

Julie Coin

Born 1982

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0050 PHYSICIST

Jacques Rohault

1618 - 1672

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0051 HISTORIAN

Maurice Gaudefroy-Demombynes

1862 - 1957

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0052 ANATOMIST

Jean Riolan the Younger

1580 - 1657

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0053 ACTOR

La Grange (actor)

1635 - 1692

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0054 PRIEST

Nicholas Barré

1621 - 1686

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0055 PRIEST

Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy

1818 - 1866

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0056 COMPOSER

Louis de Caix d'Hervelois

1680 - 1759

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0057 POET

Pierre Garnier

1928 - 2014

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0058 COMPOSER

Firminus Caron

1430 - 1480

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0059 MATHEMATICIAN

Eugène Cosserat

1866 - 1931

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0060 ACTOR

Arnaud Giovaninetti

1967 - 2018

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0061 HOCKEY

François-Henri Désérable

Born 1987

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0062 PRIEST

Jacques-Paul Martin

1908 - 1992

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0063 BENEDICTINE

Martin Bouquet

1685 - 1754

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0064 POLITICIAN

Brigitte Fouré

Born 1955

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0065 PHYSICIST

Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois

1759 - 1832

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0066 FOOTBALL

Gérald Baticle

Born 1969

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0067 BROADCAST

Jean-Pierre Pernaut

Born 1950

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0068 PHYSICIAN

Bernard Devauchelle

Born 1950

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0069 ILLUMINATOR

Master Honoré

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0070 GEOGRAPHER

Philippe Pinchemel

1923 - 2008

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0071 PHYSICIST

Alfred-Marie Liénard

1869 - 1958

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0072 HISTORIAN

Pierre Jean-Baptiste Legrand d'Aussy

1737 - 1800

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0073 SPORT

Corentin Ermenault

Born 1996

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0074 ATHLETIC

Marie Collonvillé

Born 1973

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0075 POLITICIAN

Alain Gest

Born 1950

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0076 FOOTBALL

Pierre Mankowski

Born 1951

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0077 PUBLISHER

Jean-Christophe Menu

Born 1964

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0078 WRITER

Hervé Kempf

Born 1957

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0079 PHILOSOPHER

Gérard Roussel

1500 - 1555

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0080 EMPEROR

Decentius

Died 353

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0081 GRAMMARIAN

Noël François de Wailly

1724 - 1801

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0082 MATHEMATICIAN

Antoine Joux

Born 1967

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0083 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Roger Agache

1926 - 2011

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0084 HOCKEY

Kévin Hecquefeuille

Born 1984

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0085 SPORT

Clément Chevrier

Born 1992

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0086 FOOTBALL

Nolan Mbemba

Born 1995

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0087 ACTOR

Lysiane Rey

1922 - 1975

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0088 FOOTBALL

Cyrille Merville

Born 1982

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0089 FOOTBALL

Jonathan Bijimine

Born 1994

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0090 SPORT

Robert Marchand (cyclist)

Born 1911

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0091 BUSINESS

Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye

1632 - 1702

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0092 SPORT

Alfred Letourneur

1907 - 1975

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0093 NAVIGATOR

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede

Born 1945

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0094 PAINTER

Claude François (painter)

1614 - 1685

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0095 ACTOR

Philippe Vasseur (acteur)

Born 1966

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0096 LAWYER

Jean-Charles Gervaise de Latouche

1715 - 1782

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0097 POLITICIAN

Marie Melchior Joseph Théodore de Lagrené

1800 - 1862

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0098 FOOTBALL

Yannick Salem

Born 1983

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0099 PHILOLOGIST

Clovis Brunel

1884 - 1971

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0100 JAVELIN THROWER

Michel Macquet

1932 - 2002

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0101 PHYSICIAN

Victor Pauchet

1869 - 1936

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0102 FOOTBALL

Pierre Slidja

Born 1996

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0103 MILITAR

John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1766)

1766 - 1812

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0104 FOOTBALL

Paul Delecroix

Born 1988

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0105 PLAYER

Constant Lestienne

Born 1992

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0106 WRITER

Henri Ardel

1863 - 1938

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0107 PLAYER

Amélie Cocheteux

Born 1978

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0108 FOOTBALL

Zahir Zerdab

Born 1982

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0109 MARQUIS

Chevalier de Mailly

1657 - 1724

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0110 FOOTBALL

Samuel Michel

Born 1971

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0111 PRIEST

Joseph Dinouart

1716 - 1786

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0112 AUDIO

Gérard Lamps

Born 1948

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0113 POLITICIAN

François Scellier

Born 1936

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0114 ARCHITECT

Édouard Corroyer

1835 - 1904

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0115 FOOTBALL

Greg Houla

Born 1988

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0116 PRESBYTER

François de Camps

1643 - 1723

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0117 BOBSLED

Éric Le Chanony

Born 1968

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0118 SPORT

Franck Perque

Born 1974

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0119 WRITER

Martine Pouchain

Born 1963

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0120 WRITER

Henri Deberly

1882 - 1947

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0121 POLITICIAN

Marie Guévenoux

Born 1976

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0122 CHEMIST

Jules Henri Debray

1827 - 1888

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0123 POLITICIAN

Auguste Mimerel

1786 - 1871

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0124 RUGBY

Raphaël Poulain

Born 1980

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0125 JESUIT

Jean de Quen

1603 - 1659

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0126 BIOLOGIST

Louis Thuillier

1856 - 1883

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0127 POLITICIAN

Albert Dauphin

1827 - 1898

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0128 PHYSICIAN

Jean Riolan

1539 - 1605

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0129 POLITICIAN

René Lamps

1915 - 2007

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0130 JOURNALIST

Émile de La Bédollière

1812 - 1883

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0131 DRIVER

Max Fourny

1904 - 1991

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0132 PAINTER

Jean de Francqueville

1860 - 1939

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0133 PHILOLOGIST

Charles Alexandre

1797 - 1870

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0134 SWIMMER

Georges Vallerey Jr.

1927 - 1954

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0135 PAINTER

Alfred-Georges Regner

1902 - 1987

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0136 ARTIST

Pozla

Born 1982

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0137 JOURNALIST

Renée Lafont

1877 - 1936

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0138 SCULPTOR

Albert Roze

1861 - 1952

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0139 PAINTER

Victor-Ferdinand Bourgeois

1870 - 1957

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0140 HOCKEY

Brian Henderson (ice hockey)

Born 1986

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0141 ACTOR

Hyacinthe (actor)

1814 - 1887

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0142 PHYSICIAN

Frédéric Dubois d'Amiens

1797 - 1873

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0143 PHYSICIAN

Jean Bauhin

1511 - 1582

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0144 CHESS

Christophe Léotard

Born 1966

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0145 WEIGHTLIFTER

Daniel Senet

Born 1953

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0146 HISTORIAN

Bernadette Menu

Born 1942

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0147 PAINTER

Charles Porion

1814 - 1908

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0148 ACTOR

Max Doria

1896 - 1989

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0149 PRINTMAKER

Jean Boulanger

1607 - 1680

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0150 RUNNER

Chantal Langlacé

Born 1955

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0151 ARCHITECT

Edmond Duthoit

1837 - 1889

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0152 COMPOSER

Auguste Sérieyx

1865 - 1949

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0153 COMPOSER

Antoine-Laurent Baudron

1742 - 1834

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0154 BARON

Henri Guillaume

1812 - 1877

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0155 PAINTER

Pauline Peugniez

1890 - 1987

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0156 PAINTER

Richard Maguet

1896 - 1940

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0157 ARTIST

Claude Lacroix

Born 1944

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0158 THEOLOGIAN

Nicolas Cornet

1572 - 1663

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0159 PAINTER

Pierre Thuillier (peintre)

1799 - 1858

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0160 JOURNALIST

Julien Benedetto

Born 1981

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0161 BOTANIST

Charles Louis Constant Pauquy

1800 - 1854

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0162 PAINTER

Alain Mongrenier

Born 1940

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0163 SINGER

Olympe (singer)

Born 1989

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0164 ENGINEER

Alphonse Sagebien

1807 - 1892

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0165 PLAYWRIGHT

Pierre Notte

Born 1969

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0166 SPORT

Jacques Bellenger

Born 1927

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0167 MILITAR

George Albert Bazaine-Hayter

1843 - 1914

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0168 ACTOR

Marc Dudicourt

Born 1932

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0169 ENGINEER

Adolphe Jullien

1803 - 1873

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0170 ACTOR

Jeanne Savary

Born 1966

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0171 HOCKEY

Benjamin Dieudé-Fauvel

Born 1986

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0172 PAINTER

Gédéon Baril

1832 - 1906

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0173 COMPOSER

Antoine de Cousu

1600 - 1658

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0174 HISTORIAN

Alain Trogneux

Born 1955

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0175 POLITICIAN

Alphonse Fiquet

1841 - 1916

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0176 ARCHITECT

Louis Duthoit

1868 - 1931

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0177 HISTORIAN

Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos

Born 1936

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0178 MYCOLOGIST

Marcelle Louise Fernande Le Gal

1895 - 1979

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0179 OFFICER

François Marie Clément de La Roncière

1773 - 1854

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0180 PHYSICIST

Pierre Fayet

Born 1949

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0181 FOOTBALL

Thomas Mienniel

Born 1980

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0182 BADMINTON

Étienne Thobois

Born 1967

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0183 ORGANIST

Jeanne Joulain

1920 - 2010

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0184 HOCKEY

Henri-Corentin Buysse

Born 1988

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0185 JOURNALIST

Mathieu Delahousse

Born 1973

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0186 ARTIST

Hélène Delprat

Born 1957

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0187 ENTREPRENEUR

Éric Carreel

Born 1959

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0188 JOURNALIST

François Génin

1803 - 1856

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0189 PAINTER

Renée Carpentier-Wintz

1913 - 2003

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0190 HOCKEY

Thomas Roussel

Born 1985

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0191 WRITER

Georges Bayard

1918 - 2004

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0192 FOOTBALL

Emmanuel Duchemin

Born 1979

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0193 HISTORIAN

Louis-François Daire

1713 - 1792

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0194 FOOTBALL

Mélanie Briche

Born 1975

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0195 HOCKEY

Grégory Beron

Born 1989

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0196 POLITICIAN

Elsa Faucillon

Born 1981

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0197 ACTOR

Laurence Colussi

Born 1962

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0198 FOOTBALL

Yohan M'Vila

Born 1988

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0199 MATHEMATICIAN

Charles Riquier

1853 - 1929

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0200 POLITICIAN

Lucien Lecointe

1867 - 1940

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0201 RELIGIEUSE

Hélène Studler

1891 - 1944

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0202 PAINTER

Jeanne Lauvernay-Petitjean

1875 - 1955

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0203 CHOREOGRAPHER

Joël Hubaut

Born 1947

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0204 ACTOR

Émilie Lafarge

Born 1974

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0205 WRITER

Marc Endeweld

Born 1981

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0206 JÉSUITE

Adrien Parvilliers

1619 - 1678

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0207 CORRESPONDENT

Paul Marchand

1961 - 2009

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0208 FOOTBALL

Ruddy Buquet

Born 1977

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0209 ACTOR

Catherine Sauval

Born 1962

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0210 JOURNALIST

Christophe Tison

Born 1961

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0211 SCULPTOR

Nicolas Blasset

1600 - 1659

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0212 HARPIST

Catherine Michel (harpiste)

Born 1948

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0213 POET

Alphonse Métérié

1887 - 1967

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0214 FOOTBALL

Gaoussou Traoré

Born 1999

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0215 HARPIST

Francis Pierre

1931 - 2013

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0216 SCREENWRITER

Lionel Olenga

Born 1972

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0217 POLITICIAN

Eugène Jolibois

1819 - 1896

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0218 EDITOR

Pierre Yvert

1900 - 1964

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0219 PHYSICIAN

Pierre Fauvel

1830 - 1895

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0220 ARTIST

Shovel

Born 1966

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0221 COMPOSER

Jean-Claude Naude

1933 - 2008

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0222 PLAYER

Nicolas Chatelain

Born 1970

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0223 CHOCOLATIER

Jean Trogneux

1909 - 1994

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0224 WRITER

Régis Goddyn

Born 1967

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0225 COMPOSER

Paul de Wailly

1854 - 1933

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0226 KAYAK

Caroline Loir

Born 1988

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0227 JUDO

Lucie Louette Kanning

Born 1985

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0228 THERAPIST

Hélène Castel

Born 1959

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0229 POET

Édouard David (poète)

1863 - 1932

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0230 BASKET

Sabrina Reghaïssia

Born 1983

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0231 ACTOR

Michel Gatineau

Died 1989

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0232 POLITICIAN

Gérard de Berny

1880 - 1957

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0233 MAGISTRAT

Saint-Albin Berville

1788 - 1868

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0234 HISTORIAN

Daniel Compère

Born 1947

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0235 SINGER

Naza (rapper)

Born 1991

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0236 SINGER

Michou (cabaret artist)

1931 - 2020

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0237 PHOTOGRAPHER

Amadeo Gras

1805 - 1871

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0238 PAINTER

Jean Gaston Mantel

1914 - 1995

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0239 HISTORIAN

Henri Lepage (historien)

1814 - 1887

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0240 PAINTER

Edmond Lebel

1834 - 1908

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0241 POLITICIAN

Christian Manable

Born 1948

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0242 BUSINESS

Pierre Baruzy

1897 - 1994

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0243 SCULPTOR

Jacques-Firmin Vimeux

1740 - 1828

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0244 LINGUIST

Édouard Paris

1814 - 1874

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0245 WRITER

Marie-Pascale Huglo

Born 1961

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0246 PRIEST

Jean Cuminal

1923 - 1996

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0247 HOCKEY

Antoine Richer

Born 1961

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0248 MISSING

Alexandre Tarrieu

Born 1978

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0249 SCULPTOR

Léon Lamotte

1912 - 2011

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0250 COMICS

Norédine Allam

Born 1977

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0251 JOURNALIST

Didier Braun

Born 1951

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0252 ACTOR

Michel Garland

Born 1930

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0253 ARCHITECT

Pierre Drobecq

1893 - 1944

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0254 POET

François de Louvencourt

1569 - 1638

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0255 POLITICIAN

Romain Joron

Born 1968

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0256 SCULPTOR

Jean-Baptiste Carpentier

1726 - 1808

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0257 PERFUMER

Jean-Michel Duriez

Born 1961

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0258 ARCHITECT

Gérard Ansart

1903 - 1991

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0259 PRIEST

Frédéric Lamy

1887 - 1976

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0260 ATHLETIC

Pierre Sprécher

1921 - 2003

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0261 PAINTER

Édouard Lévêque

1857 - 1936

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0262 HOCKEY

Maurin Bouvet

Born 1995

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0263 SPORT

Pierre Pardoën

1930 - 2019

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0264 ROWER

Xavier Philippe

Born 1980

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0265 LAWYER

Jean-Baptiste Michel Saladin

1752 - 1812

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0266 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Ernest d'Acy

1827 - 1905

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0267 PAINTER

Henri Person

1876 - 1926

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0268 JOURNALIST

Charles-Louis de Sevelinges

1767 - 1831

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0269 SWIMMER

Gisèle Vallerey

1930 - 2010

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0270 HISTORIAN

Albéric de Calonne

1843 - 1915

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0271 ASTRONOMER

André Le Bœuffle

1924 - 2006

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0272 ENGINEER

Paul Alexandre (ingénieur)

1847 - 1921

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0273 PRINTER

Michel de Vascosan

1500 - 1576

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0274 SPORT

Axel Hansen

1899 - 1933

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0275 PAINTER

Paul Émile Sautai

1842 - 1901

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0276 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Nicolas Caron

1719 - 1768

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0277 FOOTBALL

Dorian N'Goma

Born 1988

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0278 EGYPTOLOGIST

Didier Devauchelle

Born 1954

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0279 INVENTOR

Charles Dallery

1754 - 1835

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0280 ARCHITECT

Émile Ricquier

1846 - 1906

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0281 POLITICIAN

Michel Hoguet

1910 - 1997

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0282 ACADEMIC

Daniel Poirion

1927 - 1996

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0283 COMPOSER

Christian Eloy

Born 1945

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0284 PLAYER

Benjamin Aubert

Born 1997

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0285 EGYPTOLOGIST

Olivier Perdu

Born 1952

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0286 PROFESSEUR

Edmond Poupé

1862 - 1939

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0287 FOOTBALL

Christophe Raymond

Born 1969

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0288 COMPOSER

Camille Pepin

Born 1990

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0289 MUSIC

Pierre-Auguste Marque

1781 - 1868

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0290 POLITICIAN

Raoul Duval

1807 - 1893

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0291 PAINTER

Pierre Pruvost

1921 - 2008

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0292 FOOTBALL

Laurent Héloïse

Born 1985

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0293 SCULPTOR

Bruno Lebel

Born 1933

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0294 MUSIC

Frédérique Cambreling

Born 1956

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0295 CONDUCTOR

Gilles Cagnard

1946 - 2005

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0296 PHYSICIAN

Pierre Amable Jean-Baptiste Trannoy

1772 - 1833

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0297 JOURNALIST

Jean-Michel Dhuez

Born 2003

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0298 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Casimir Picard

1806 - 1841

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0299 THEOLOGIAN

Benoît Baudouin

Died 1632

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0300 ENSEIGNEMENT

Édouard Gand

1815 - 1891

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