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ANGERS

Most Famous People Born in Angers, France

Notable people
490
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1892
Most distinctive
Illustrator 8.6×
Through the Centuries

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 41 notable births.

What Angers Is Known For

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Politician is Angers's biggest profession — 18% of all notables (89).

Angers over-indexes on illustrator8.6× the global rate.

Angers under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician89
  2. Writer25
  3. Painter20
  4. Priest17
  5. Actor16
  6. Football15
  7. Militar15
  8. Journalist13
  1. Illustrator58.6×
  2. Botanist73.5×
  3. Officer103.1×
  4. Militar152.5×
  5. Poet122.4×
  6. Priest172.4×
  7. Physician82.4×
  8. Historian101.9×
  1. Football150.3×
  2. Actor160.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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490 notable people

0001 PHILOSOPHER

Jean Bodin

1530 - 1596

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0002 MONARCH

René of Anjou

1409 - 1480

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0003 CHEMIST

Michel Eugène Chevreul

1786 - 1889

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0004 COMPOSER

Henri Dutilleux

1916 - 2013

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0005 PLAYER

Nicolas Mahut

Born 1982

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0006 CHEMIST

Joseph Proust

1754 - 1826

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0007 FILM

André Bazin

1918 - 1958

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0008 ACTOR

Daniel Gélin

1921 - 2002

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0009 KING

Robert I of France

860 - 923

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0010 POET

Hervé Bazin

1911 - 1996

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0011 JOURNALIST

Valérie Trierweiler

Born 1965

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0012 QUEEN

Marie of Anjou

1404 - 1463

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0013 QUEEN

Joan of England, Queen of Sicily

1165 - 1199

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0014 SCULPTOR

David d'Angers

1788 - 1856

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0015 PIANIST

Jacques Loussier

1934 - 2019

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0016 MONARCH

René II, Duke of Lorraine

1451 - 1508

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0017 OFFICER

Louis-Auguste-Victor, Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont

1773 - 1846

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0018 ACTOR

Eriq Ebouaney

Born 1967

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0019 WRITER

Danièle Sallenave

Born 1940

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0020 MONARCH

Louis III of Naples

1403 - 1434

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0021 WRITER

René Bazin

1853 - 1932

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0022 ORGANIST

Jean Guillou

1930 - 2019

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0023 ACTOR

Gaby Morlay

1893 - 1964

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0024 SINGER

Gérard Souzay

1918 - 2004

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0025 FOOTBALL

Steve Savidan

Born 1978

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0026 PRIEST

Joseph Wresinski

1917 - 1988

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0027 FOOTBALL

Jessica Houara

Born 1987

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0028 ACTOR

Jacques Spiesser

Born 1947

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0029 WRITER

Gilles Ménage

1613 - 1692

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0030 SCULPTOR

Zacharie Astruc

1833 - 1907

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0031 PAINTER

Jules Eugène Lenepveu

1819 - 1898

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0032 PHYSICIAN

Prosper Ménière

1799 - 1862

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0033 MONARCH

Fulk, King of Jerusalem

1092 - 1143

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0034 MILITAR

Charles de Bonchamps

1760 - 1793

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0035 ARCHITECT

Bernard Zehrfuss

1911 - 1996

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0036 POET

Marbodius of Rennes

1040 - 1123

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0037 POLITICIAN

Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de Falloux

1811 - 1886

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0038 ACTOR

Jacques Jouanneau

1926 - 2011

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0039 BOTANIST

Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars

1758 - 1831

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0040 HISTORIAN

Pierre Briant

Born 1940

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0041 ESSAYIST

Philippe Muray

1945 - 2006

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0042 ZOOLOGIST

Édouard Louis Trouessart

1842 - 1927

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0043 GHOSTWRITER

Curnonsky

1872 - 1956

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0044 PHOTOJOURNALIST

Camille Lepage

1988 - 2014

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0045 RIDER

Nicolas Touzaint

Born 1980

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0046 DUCHESS

Ermengarde of Anjou (d. 1146)

1068 - 1146

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0047 POLITICIAN

Christophe Béchu

Born 1974

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0048 POLITICIAN

Christian Bouchet

Born 1955

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0049 SAILOR

Bruno Peyron

Born 1955

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0050 PROCURER

Madame Claude

1923 - 2015

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0051 POLITICIAN

Eugène Claudius-Petit

1907 - 1989

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0052 POLITICIAN

Jean Poperen

1925 - 1997

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0053 POLITICIAN

Gaëtan de Rochebouët

1813 - 1899

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0054 FOOTBALL

Mickaël Pagis

Born 1973

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0055 IMMUNOLOGIST

Nicolas Maurice Arthus

1862 - 1945

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0056 ARISTOCRAT

Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy

1018 - 1076

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0057 FOOTBALL

Vincent Manceau

Born 1989

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0058 POLITICIAN

François-Régis de La Bourdonnaye

1767 - 1839

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0059 REVOLUTIONARY

Gustave Lefrançais

1826 - 1901

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0060 POLITICIAN

Joseph Delaunay

1752 - 1794

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0061 ACTOR

Jacques Richard (réalisateur)

Born 1954

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0062 OFFICER

Charles Marie de Beaumont d'Autichamp

1770 - 1859

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0063 LINGUIST

Philippe Édouard Foucaux

1811 - 1894

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0064 PRIEST

Ernest Jouin

1844 - 1932

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0065 FOOTBALL

Farid Talhaoui

Born 1982

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0066 FOOTBALL

Rayan Frikeche

Born 1991

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0067 TRUMPET

Roger Voisin

1918 - 2008

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0068 PHILOSOPHER

Jean-Yves Leloup

Born 1950

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0069 FOOTBALL

İbrahim Dağaşan

Born 1984

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0070 POLITICIAN

François Allain-Targé

1832 - 1902

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0071 ACTOR

Véronique Augereau

Born 1957

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0072 MILITAR

Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac de Ternay

1723 - 1780

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0073 ACTOR

Caroline Tresca

Born 1959

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0074 PRIEST

Noël Pinot

1747 - 1794

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0075 SCREENWRITER

Joël Séria

Born 1936

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0076 HEIR

Matilda of Anjou

1101 - 1154

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0077 ROWER

Julien Bahain

Born 1986

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0078 JOURNALIST

Frédéric Courant

Born 1960

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0079 POLITICIAN

Gilles Bourdouleix

Born 1960

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0080 MAGISTRAT

Guillaume Poyet

1473 - 1548

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0081 ACTOR

Thomas Blanchard (actor)

Born 1980

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0082 BOTANIST

André Leroy

1801 - 1875

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0083 PHYSICIAN

Pierre Augustin Béclard

1785 - 1825

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0084 ENGRAVER

René Boyvin

1525 - 1598

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0085 ILLUSTRATOR

Félix Lorioux

1872 - 1964

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0086 SPORT

Fernand Charron

1866 - 1928

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0087 PAINTER

Guillaume Bodinier

1795 - 1872

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0088 CONDUCTOR

Christian Chevallier

1930 - 2008

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0089 HELLENIST

Jacques Bompaire

1924 - 2009

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0090 KNIGHT

Phillipe de Plessis

1165 - 1209

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0091 BIOGRAPHER

François Angelier

Born 1958

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0092 PHYSICIST

Gérard Maugin

1944 - 2016

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0093 MILITAR

Céleste Bulkeley

1753 - 1832

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0094 COMPOSER

Léo Daniderff

1878 - 1943

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0095 PAINTER

Alexis Mérodack-Jeanneau

1873 - 1919

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0096 POET

Guillaume Bautru

1588 - 1665

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0097 RIDER

Arnaud Boiteau

Born 1973

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0098 ILLUSTRATOR

Jean-Adrien Mercier

1899 - 1995

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0099 SCREENWRITER

Fabienne Godet

Born 1964

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0100 ECOLOGIST

Félix Legueu

1863 - 1939

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0101 ASTRONOMER

Jean Bosler

1878 - 1973

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0102 PAINTER

Eugène Appert

1814 - 1867

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0103 ROWER

Pascale Bercovitch

Born 1967

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0104 BENEDICTINE

Geoffrey of Vendôme

1093 - 1132

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0105 BOTANIST

Camille Sauvageau

1861 - 1936

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0106 ENGRAVER

Fortuné Méaulle

1844 - 1901

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0107 POLITICIAN

Roger Houdet

1899 - 1987

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0108 SPORT

Romain Guyot

1992 - 2016

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0109 MILITAR

Henri-François des Herbiers, Marquis de l'Estenduère

1682 - 1750

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0110 MILITAR

Jean Thérèse de Beaumont d'Autichamp

1738 - 1831

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0111 ILLUSTRATOR

Étienne Le Rallic

1891 - 1968

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0112 LAWYER

Jacques Piou

1838 - 1932

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0113 ENTOMOLOGIST

Achille Raffray

1844 - 1923

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0114 PROFESSOR

Théodore Pavie

1811 - 1896

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0115 MILITAR

Jacques Desjardin

1759 - 1807

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0116 FOOTBALL

Jean-Yves Chay

Born 1948

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0117 MODEL

Laura Tanguy

Born 1987

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0118 POLITICIAN

Pierre de Saintignon

1948 - 2019

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0119 MILITAR

Marcelle Henry

1895 - 1945

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0120 FOOTBALL

Romane Bruneau

Born 1996

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0121 PRIEST

Louis de Carrières

1662 - 1717

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0122 POET

Anne Portugal

Born 1949

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0123 GEOGRAPHER

André Meynier

1901 - 1983

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0124 POLITICIAN

René-Pierre Choudieu

1761 - 1838

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0125 POLITICIAN

Eugène Janvier de La Motte (1823-1884)

1823 - 1884

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0126 SWIMMER

Margaux Chrétien

Born 1992

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0127 MISSIONARY

Eugène Boré

1809 - 1878

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0128 PIANIST

Paul Doguereau

1908 - 2000

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0129 POLITICIAN

Stella Dupont

Born 1973

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0130 GEOLOGIST

René Chudeau

1864 - 1921

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0131 POLITICIAN

Louis Évain

1775 - 1832

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0132 POLITICIAN

Florent Marcellesi

Born 1979

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0133 HOCKEY

Éric Fichaud

Born 1975

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0134 FIGHTER PILOT

Virginie Guyot

Born 1976

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0135 KAYAK

Pascal Boucherit

Born 1959

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0136 HISTORIAN

Hervé Coutau-Bégarie

1956 - 2012

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0137 HISTORIAN

Édouard de Barthélemy

1830 - 1888

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0138 POLITICIAN

Léon Jozeau-Marigné

1909 - 2003

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0139 FILM

Roger Le Bon

1891 - 1956

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0140 NEUROLOGIST

Charles-Prosper Ollivier d'Angers

1796 - 1845

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0141 HISTORIAN

Caroline Giron-Panel

Born 1979

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0142 BASKET

Romain Duport

Born 1986

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0143 COMPOSER

Yves de la Casinière

1897 - 1971

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0144 WRITER

Mathilde Alanic

1864 - 1948

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0145 POLITICIAN

François-Joseph Grille

1782 - 1853

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0146 PLAYER

Clément Tabur

Born 2000

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0147 SPORT

Maurice Lecoq

1854 - 1925

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0148 HUMOURIST

Jarry (humoriste)

Born 1977

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0149 JOURNALIST

Pierre Bouteiller

1934 - 2017

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0150 CHILD

Jean-Michel Arnold

1950 - 2019

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0151 SPORT

Hervé Filion

1940 - 2017

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0152 PAINTER

Pierre Ernou

1665 - 1750

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0153 POLITICIAN

Jules Delahaye

1851 - 1925

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0154 JOURNALIST

Karim Rissouli

Born 1981

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0155 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Pierre-Aimé Millet

1783 - 1873

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0156 JUDO

Cyril Soyer

Born 1978

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0157 PHYSIOTHERAPIST

Albert Bedane

1893 - 1980

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0158 POLITICIAN

Nicole Dubré-Chirat

Born 1951

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0159 HISTORIAN

Marie-Françoise Baslez

Born 1946

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0160 HANDBALL

Amanda Kolczynski

Born 1993

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0161 SINGER

Mannick

Born 1944

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0162 LAWYER

Daniel Soulez Larivière

Born 1942

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0163 PHILOLOGIST

François Guyet

1575 - 1655

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0164 POLITICIAN

Paul Jeanneteau

Born 1957

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0165 DRIVER

Henri Béconnais

1867 - 1904

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0166 CONDUCTOR

Nicolas Krauze

Born 1974

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0167 PRELATE

Saint Gohard

Died 843

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0168 BOBSLED

Count Renaud de la Frégeolière

1886 - 1981

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0169 WRITER

Jean Durtal

1905 - 1999

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0170 SPORT

Denis Robin (cyclist)

Born 1979

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0171 MATHEMATICIAN

Guy Métivier

Born 1950

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0172 WRITER

Alain Chedanne

1942 - 2010

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0173 BOTANIST

Gaston Allard

1838 - 1918

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0174 WRITER

André-François Ruaud

Born 1963

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0175 PAINTER

Ludovic Alleaume

1859 - 1941

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0176 SPRINT

Patrick Bourbeillon

1947 - 2015

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0177 WRITER

Jean-Philippe Domecq

Born 1949

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0178 ACADEMIC

Ghislain Deslandes

Born 1970

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0179 ACTOR

Guy Laporte (acteur)

1948 - 2019

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0180 JOURNALIST

Véronique Mourousi

1961 - 1992

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0181 SWIMMER

Claire Supiot

Born 1968

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0182 PRIEST

Michel Lelong (prêtre)

1925 - 2020

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0183 JUDO

Paulette Fouillet

1950 - 2015

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0184 HISTORIAN

Olivier Guillot

Born 1932

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0185 SCREENWRITER

Joël Farges

Born 1948

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0186 ESSAYIST

Michel Marmin

Born 1943

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0187 BOTANIST

Jean Pierre Guépin

1779 - 1858

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0188 MATHEMATICIAN

Hubert Delange

1913 - 2003

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0189 SCULPTOR

Ferdinand Taluet

1821 - 1904

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0190 POLITICIAN

Arthur de Cumont

1818 - 1902

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0191 PHILOLOGIST

Cyprien Robert

1807 - 1865

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0192 FOOTBALL

Armand Gnanduillet

Born 1991

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0193 WRITER

Sophie Dieuaide

Born 1962

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0194 WRITER

Jean Martet

1886 - 1940

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0195 ATHLETIC

Camille Le Joly

Born 1992

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0196 PHOTOGRAPHER

Claude Rives

Born 1947

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0197 PHYSICIST

Marie-Lise Chanin

Born 1934

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0198 BUSINESS

Gérard de la Martinière

Born 1943

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0199 FONCTIONNAIRE

Éric Garandeau

Born 1973

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0200 ARTIST

Olivier Supiot

Born 1972

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0201 FILM

Xavier Larère

Born 1933

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0202 PRIEST

Napoléon-Joseph Perché

1805 - 1883

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0203 OFFICER

Louis d'Andigné

1765 - 1857

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0204 ACTOR

Jodelet

1591 - 1660

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0205 LATINIST

Marcel Bizos

1889 - 1974

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0206 ARTIST

Thomas Gilbert (auteur)

Born 1983

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0207 URBAN PLANNER

Jean-Louis Subileau

Born 1943

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0208 SKIPPER

Erwan Tabarly

Born 1974

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0209 ENGINEER

Charles Fauvel

1904 - 1979

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0210 LIEUTENANT

Adrien L. J. Leps

1893 - 1983

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0211 SINGER

Kwal

Born 1978

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0212 FINANCIER

Claude Baudard de Saint-James

1738 - 1787

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0213 SPORT

Louis Cottereau

1869 - 1917

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0214 PAINTER

Auguste Alleaume

1854 - 1940

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0215 SINGER

Evy

Born 1945

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0216 OFFICER

Joseph Antoine René Joubert

1772 - 1843

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0217 POLITICIAN

Frédéric Béatse

Born 1970

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0218 PAINTER

Joséphine Berthault

1853 - 1923

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0219 POET

Laurent Albarracin

Born 1970

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0220 FILM

David Perrault

Born 1976

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0221 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Vincent Benoist

1758 - 1834

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0222 SCULPTOR

Geoffroy de Ruillé

1842 - 1922

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0223 LAWYER

Pierre Ayrault

1536 - 1601

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0224 PHILOLOGIST

François Dolbeau

Born 1947

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0225 ARTIST

Auguste Liquois

1902 - 1969

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0226 MILITAR

Fénelon François Germain Passaga

1863 - 1939

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0227 HISTORIAN

Philippe Tourault

Born 1943

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0228 JOURNALIST

Nathalie Renoux

Born 1971

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0229 CINÉMA

Michel Fourré-Cormeray

1910 - 1965

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0230 JOURNALIST

Louis-René Bazin

1892 - 1973

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0231 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Leclerc

1756 - 1826

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0232 BUSINESS

Charles Bigot (ingénieur)

1932 - 1990

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0233 WIFE OF

Madeleine Dior

1879 - 1931

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0234 OFFICER

Érasme Gaspard de Contades

1758 - 1834

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0235 PAINTER

Hubert de Lartigue

Born 1963

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0236 WRITER

Emmanuelle Urien

Born 1970

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0237 ARTIST

Manu Boisteau

Born 1969

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0238 WRITER

Camille Pert

1865 - 1952

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0239 PRÉFET

Paul Lardin de Musset

1848 - 1908

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0240 COMPOSER

Xavier le Masne

Born 1954

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0241 PHYSICIAN

Michel Gruet

1912 - 1998

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0242 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Marie Delaunay

1755 - 1814

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0243 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Marie Paul de Scépeaux de Bois-Guignot

1768 - 1821

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0244 PHYSICIAN

Michel Chevreul

1754 - 1845

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0245 PHYSICIAN

Michel Cullerier

1758 - 1827

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0246 WRITER

Maurice Fourré

1876 - 1959

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0247 WRITER

Samuel Delage

Born 1978

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0248 HISTORIAN

Dominique Lambert de La Douasnerie

Born 1947

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0249 ENGINEER

Médéric-Clément Lechalas

1820 - 1904

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0250 POLITICIAN

Théodore de Quatrebarbes

1803 - 1871

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0251 ARCHITECT

Ernest François Dainville

1824 - 1917

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0252 WRITER

Jean Frain du Tremblay

1641 - 1724

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0253 POLITICIAN

Claude Poperen

Born 1931

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0254 POLITICIAN

Christian Martin (homme politique)

1931 - 2006

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0255 WRITER

Jean-Louis Houdebine

1934 - 2015

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0256 PAINTER

Jacques Camus

1893 - 1971

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0257 POLITICIAN

Jean Sauvage

1909 - 2005

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0258 LIBRARIAN

Pierre Héliot

1903 - 1984

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0259 PAINTER

Evelyn Marc

1915 - 1992

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0260 EDITOR

Bertrand Lacarelle

Born 1978

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0261 SWIMMER

Cinthia Bouhier

Born 1979

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0262 POET

Victor Pavie

1808 - 1886

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0263 CONDUCTOR

Jules Bordier

1846 - 1896

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0264 WRITER

André Sarazin de Haes

1933 - 2007

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0265 FOOTBALL

Frédéric Lemasson

Born 1974

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0266 JOURNALIST

Jean-Louis English

1939 - 2003

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0267 ECONOMIST

Yves-Marie Goblet

1881 - 1955

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0268 ACTOR

Julien Landais

Born 1981

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0269 BOTANIST

Georges Bouvet

1850 - 1929

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0270 FOOTBALL

Cindy Perrault

Born 1996

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0271 WRITER

Philippe Nédélec

Born 1961

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0272 PAINTER

Clo Baril

1932 - 2014

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0273 CONDUCTOR

Vincent Monteil

Born 1964

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0274 SPORT

Tom Bossis

Born 1994

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0275 MAGISTRAT

Anne-Louis Goislard de Monsabert

1760 - 1814

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0276 POLITICIAN

Claude Blanchard (commissaire)

1742 - 1803

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0277 ARTIST

Bruno de Dieuleveult

1942 - 2014

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0278 SCRIBE

Guillaume Le Gangneur

1553 - 1624

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0279 POET

Julien Peleus

1550 - 1625

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0280 ASTRONOMER

Olivier Chesneau

1972 - 2014

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0281 PRIEST

André Levesque

1909 - 2008

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0282 POLITICIAN

Jean-François Bodin (1766-1829)

1766 - 1829

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0283 SURGEON

Germanicus Mirault

1796 - 1879

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0284 PHYSICIAN

Henri Fruchaud

1894 - 1960

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0285 POET

Charles Berjole

1884 - 1924

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0286 ARCHITECT

Georges Guyon

1850 - 1915

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0287 SCULPTOR

Georges Saulo

1865 - 1945

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0288 PHYSICIAN

Charles Négrier

1792 - 1862

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0289 POLITICIAN

Emmanuel Capus

Born 1974

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0290 WRITER

Anselme Bucher de Chauvigné

1834 - 1910

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0291 PAINTER

Marcel Séjour

Born 1948

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0292 MILITAR

Henri Jean Descoings

1860 - 1947

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0293 POLITICIAN

Jacques Rangeard

1723 - 1797

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0294 WRITER

Laurence Werner David

Born 1970

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0295 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques Bouestard de la Touche

1730 - 1810

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0296 EXPLORER

Noël Villatte

1872 - 1932

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0297 DISCIPLE

Hersende de Champagne

1060 - 1114

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0298 POLITICIAN

Paul-Marie-Céleste d'Andigné de La Blanchaye —

1763 - 1857

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0299 POET

Jacques Robert (poète)

1875 - 1892

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0300 ACTOR

René Rabault

1910 - 1993

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