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

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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

0301 SCULPTOR

Jean-Baptiste Dupuis

1698 - 1780

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0302 ARTIST

David François (dessinateur)

Born 1983

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0303 POLITICIAN

Louis Porion

1805 - 1858

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0304 HANDBALL

Pierre Soudry

Born 1988

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0305 PHYSICIAN

Maurice Lamy (médecin)

1895 - 1975

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0306 ENGRAVER

Adriaen Lommelin

1620 - 1673

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0307 CRIMINAL

Michel Cardon

Born 1951

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0308 DRIVER

Hervé Bayard

Born 1945

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0309 ARTIST

Antoine Dodé

Born 1978

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0310 PAINTER

Jules Boquet

1840 - 1931

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0311 FOOTBALL

Enzo Ebosse

Born 1999

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0312 ENGINEER

Charles Auguste Machart

1808 - 1896

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0313 LAWYER

Frank Berton

Born 1962

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0314 PRIEST

François Masclef

1663 - 1728

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0315 OFFICER

François-Alexandre Desprez

1778 - 1833

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0316 POLITICIAN

Charles-Edmond Lenglet

1917 - 2005

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0317 FOOTBALL

Thierry Dobelle

Born 1965

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0318 BASKET

Princesse Goubo

Born 1991

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0319 ADMINISTRATOR

Camille Bailly

1907 - 1984

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0320 ARCHITECT

Anatole Bienaimé

1848 - 1911

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0321 ACTIVIST

Lucy Thoumaian

1890 - 1940

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0322 ARCHITECT

Pierre Ansart (architecte)

1873 - 1941

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0323 SINGER

Christian Selva

1920 - 1991

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0324 HOCKEY

Yannick Offret

Born 1986

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0325 JOURNALIST

Kady Adoum-Douass

Born 1980

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0326 SCULPTOR

Jacques Mimerel

Born 1608

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0327 MILITAR

Louis Antoine Vimeux

1737 - 1814

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0328 POLITICIAN

Louis-Alexandre Blin de Bourdon

1782 - 1849

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0329 POET

Jean-Louis Rambour

Born 1952

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0330 MISSING

Jacques-Polycarpe Morgan

1759 - 1843

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0331 NATURALIST

Pascal Deynat

Born 1965

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0332 POLITICIAN

Camille Léon de Chassepot de Beaumont

1808 - 1893

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0333 HOCKEY

Romain Bault

Born 1990

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0334 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Caumartin

1775 - 1842

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0335 POLITICIAN

Guillaume Poulle

1861 - 1937

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0336 FOOTBALL

Sébastien Dailly

Born 1976

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0337 ATHLETIC

Jean-Hervé Stiévenart

Born 1954

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0338 POLITICIAN

Benjamin Lucas

Born 1990

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0339 OPERA

Mathilde Auguez

1868 - 1955

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0340 BASKET

Marie-Michelle Milapie

Born 1996

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0341 PRIEST

Louis-Martin Porchez

1805 - 1860

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0342 FOOTBALL

Jack Braun

1928 - 2016

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0343 CELLIST

Olivier Aubert

1767 - 1830

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0344 ART HISTORIAN

Michel Florisoone

1904 - 1973

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0345 EXPLORER

Laurent Joseph Lejeune

1817 - 1895

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0346 HISTORIAN

Paul-Henri Michel

1894 - 1964

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0347 POLITICIAN

Adrien Morgan de Belloy

1766 - 1834

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0348 POLITICIAN

Nicolas Créton

1798 - 1864

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0349 CONDUCTOR

Jean-Pierre Berlingen

1940 - 2018

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0350 HISTORIAN

Jean-Marc Albert

Born 1971

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0351 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pierre Movila

Born 1958

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0352 POLITICIAN

Pierre François Massey

1754 - 1819

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0353 PAINTER

Louis Crignier

1790 - 1824

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0354 FOOTBALL

Jorys Mène

Born 1995

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0355 HOCKEY

Mathieu Mille

Born 1981

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0356 ARCHITECT

Charles Billoré

1851 - 1900

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0357 POLITICIAN

Antoine Gérard Scellier

Born 1759

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0358 POLITICIAN

Nicolas Daveluy-Bellencourt

1756 - 1840

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0359 DIPLOMAT

Dominique Renaux

Born 1952

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0360 LAWYER

Charles-Marie Boullet

1792 - 1858

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0361 SKIPPER

Pierre Brasseur (navigateur)

Born 1980

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0362 JOURNALIST

Auguste Jullien

1802 - 1854

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0363 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Joseph Berville

1751 - 1832

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0364 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jean Amaury

1900 - 1980

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0365 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Charles Joseph Pinsard

1819 - 1911

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0366 POLITICIAN

Louis-François Maillart-Jubainville

1751 - 1799

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0367 POLITICIAN

Charles Chalamon

1874 - 1960

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0368 POLITICIAN

Cosme Cosserat

1800 - 1887

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0369 POLITICIAN

Georges Antoine (homme politique)

1852 - 1940

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0370 HISTORIAN

Henry de Buttet

1907 - 2005

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0371 FOOTBALL

Philippe Leclerc (footballer)

Born 1969

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0372 FOOTBALL

Roger Lacour

Born 1951

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0373 JOURNALIST

Philippe Dessaint

Born 1953

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0374 SCULPTOR

François Cressent

1663 - 1755

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0375 PHOTOGRAPHER

Robin (photographe)

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0376 PRELATE

François Lefèvre de Caumartin

Died 1652

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0377 HOCKEY

David Hennebert

Born 1984

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0378 POLITICIAN

Pierre Quillet

1930 - 2007

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0379 POLITICIAN

Louis-Charles-Alfred Frotier de Bagneux

1816 - 1899

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0380 FOOTBALL

Lionel Beaugrand

Born 1960

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0381 POLITICIAN

Charles Florimond Leroux

1716 - 1793

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0382 ROWER

Marius Lejeune

Born 1882

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0383 NURSE

Victorine Autier

1840 - 1874

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0384 MISSING

Xavier Thuilot

Born 1967

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0385 RIDER

Philippe Limousin

Born 1948

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0386 HOCKEY

Landry Macrez

Born 1982

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0387 HOCKEY

Simon Petit

Born 1983

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0388 FOOTBALL

Édouard Harzic

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0389 PRELATE

François Firmin Trudaine

1679 - 1754

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0390 POLITICIAN

Louis de Briançon-Vachon de Belmont

1804 - 1857

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0391 POLITICIAN

Théodore Quinette de Rochemont

1802 - 1881

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0392 POLITICIAN

Alphonse Vaysse de Rainneville

1798 - 1864

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0393 FOOTBALL

Michel Taisne

Born 1933

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0394 PAINTER

Jan Vakowskaï

1932 - 2006

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0395 POLITICIAN

Édouard de Morgan

1803 - 1867

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0396 POLITICIAN

Albert Deberly

1844 - 1888

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0397 POLITICIAN

Alphonse Tellier

1876 - 1954

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0398 POLITICIAN

Amable Dubois

1797 - 1871

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0399 BOXER

Nacera Baghdad

Born 1979

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0400 POLITICIAN

Pierre Doutrellot

1902 - 1986

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0401 POLITICIAN

Aimé Henri Faton de Favernay

1827 - 1886

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0402 POLITICIAN

François André-Bonte

1735 - 1812

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0403 POLITICIAN

Louis Prache

1899 - 1979

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0404 POLITICIAN

Charles De France d'Hésecques

1823 - 1888

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0405 HOCKEY

Élie Marcos

Born 1983

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0406 MILITANT

Léon Gontier

1886 - 1944

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0407 POLITICIAN

Pierre Massey

1783 - 1860

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0408 POLITICIAN

Paul Tellier (homme politique)

1854 - 1904

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0409 MISSING

Vulfran Warmé

1797 - 1835

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0410 PAINTER

Fernand Alkan-Lévy

1870 - 1941

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0411 RESEARCH

Jules Hourdiaux

1907 - 1985

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0412 MAGISTRAT

Philippe de Morvilliers

1380 - 1438

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0413 POLITICIAN

Natalis Delamorlière

1769 - 1842

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0414 BUSINESS

Ambroise-Léopold Jourdain de l'Eloge

1728 - 1808

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0415 PLAYER

François Farout

Born 1963

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0416 PHYSICIAN

Emile Maurice Joseph Lamy

1895 - 1975

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0417 MARQUIS

Louis Duval de l'Epinoy

1696 - 1778

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0418 SPRINT

Liliane Sprécher

1926 - 2019

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0419 POLITICIAN

Hubert Carpentier

1937 - 1998

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0420 PHYSICIAN

Alphonse Marie Edmond Pavie

1868 - 1954

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0421 SCULPTOR

Émile Pinchon

1872 - 1933

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0422 PUPPETEER

Maurice Domon

1903 - 1983

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0423 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Elie Marie Pierron

1732 - 1800

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0424 HOCKEY

Marius Serer

Born 1993

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0425 HOCKEY

Lionel Wiotte

Born 1985

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0426 JOURNALIST

Henry Yvert

1834 - 1885

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0427 FOOTBALL

Cédric Ouattara

Born 1983

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0428 ENGINEER

Charles Ponche

1884 - 1916

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0429 MILITAR

André-Arnoult Aclocque

1748 - 1802

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0430 PRELATE

Arnoul de la Pierre

Died 1247

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0431 ACTOR

Gourville (acteur)

Born 1713

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0432 NAVY

Michel-Joseph-Guillaume de Rabaudy

1784 - 1837

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0433 MOINE

Étienne de Conty

Died 1413

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0434 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Jean Charles Renouard

1727 - 1807

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0435 SKATER

Fanny Cagnard

Born 1981

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0436 PHARMACIST

Alexandre Roguin

1771 - 1850

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0437 BASKET

Thomas Jonckheere

Born 1987

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0438 TENNIS

Marcel Corbillon

1890 - 1958

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0439 MISSING

Charles-Amable-Alban Judas du Souich

1812 - 1888

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0440 PRIEST

Firmin der Jüngere von Amiens

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0441 VOILE

Louis Bouderlique

Born 1979

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0442 DRIVER

Maurice Boutmy

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