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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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Showing 35 of 490 notable people

0019 WRITER

Danièle Sallenave

Born 1940

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0028 ACTOR

Jacques Spiesser

Born 1947

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0040 HISTORIAN

Pierre Briant

Born 1940

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0041 ESSAYIST

Philippe Muray

1945 - 2006

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0092 PHYSICIST

Gérard Maugin

1944 - 2016

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0116 FOOTBALL

Jean-Yves Chay

Born 1948

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0118 POLITICIAN

Pierre de Saintignon

1948 - 2019

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0122 POET

Anne Portugal

Born 1949

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0151 SPORT

Hervé Filion

1940 - 2017

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0159 HISTORIAN

Marie-Françoise Baslez

Born 1946

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0161 SINGER

Mannick

Born 1944

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0162 LAWYER

Daniel Soulez Larivière

Born 1942

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0172 WRITER

Alain Chedanne

1942 - 2010

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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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0179 ACTOR

Guy Laporte (acteur)

1948 - 2019

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0185 SCREENWRITER

Joël Farges

Born 1948

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0186 ESSAYIST

Michel Marmin

Born 1943

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0196 PHOTOGRAPHER

Claude Rives

Born 1947

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0198 BUSINESS

Gérard de la Martinière

Born 1943

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0207 URBAN PLANNER

Jean-Louis Subileau

Born 1943

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0215 SINGER

Evy

Born 1945

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0224 PHILOLOGIST

François Dolbeau

Born 1947

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0227 HISTORIAN

Philippe Tourault

Born 1943

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0248 HISTORIAN

Dominique Lambert de La Douasnerie

Born 1947

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0277 ARTIST

Bruno de Dieuleveult

1942 - 2014

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0291 PAINTER

Marcel Séjour

Born 1948

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0301 DRIVER

Lucien Guitteny

Born 1944

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0312 PHYSICIAN

Jean-Paul Saint-André

Born 1949

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0321 ACADEMIC

Jean Baudouin (professeur)

Born 1944

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0332 POLITICIAN

Ginette Leroux

1942 - 1987

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0374 SKIPPER

Jean-Yves Terlain

Born 1944

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0377 ENTOMOLOGIST

Jean-Yves Gallard

Born 1943

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0394 JOURNALIST

Jean-Pierre Imbach

1947 - 1990

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0436 ATHLETIC

Martine Bordet

Born 1949

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