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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 25 of 490 notable people

0048 POLITICIAN

Christian Bouchet

Born 1955

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0049 SAILOR

Bruno Peyron

Born 1955

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0061 ACTOR

Jacques Richard (réalisateur)

Born 1954

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0068 PHILOSOPHER

Jean-Yves Leloup

Born 1950

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0071 ACTOR

Véronique Augereau

Born 1957

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0073 ACTOR

Caroline Tresca

Born 1959

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0091 BIOGRAPHER

François Angelier

Born 1958

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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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0150 CHILD

Jean-Michel Arnold

1950 - 2019

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0158 POLITICIAN

Nicole Dubré-Chirat

Born 1951

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0164 POLITICIAN

Paul Jeanneteau

Born 1957

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0171 MATHEMATICIAN

Guy Métivier

Born 1950

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0183 JUDO

Paulette Fouillet

1950 - 2015

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0240 COMPOSER

Xavier le Masne

Born 1954

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0316 ORNITHOLOGIST

Olivier Langrand

Born 1958

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0323 POLITICIAN

Nadine Grelet-Certenais

Born 1959

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0324 WINEGROWER

René Renou

1952 - 2006

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0334 PHOTOGRAPHER

Ariane Thézé

Born 1956

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0388 ACCOUNTANT

Agnès Bricard

Born 1952

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0391 PRESENTER

Carole Varenne

Born 1957

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0397 ARCHITECT

Catherine Jacquot

Born 1955

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0402 POET

Anne-José Lemonnier

Born 1958

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0404 FOOTBALL

Jean-Yves Citron

Born 1953

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0455 COMPOSER

Guilain Joncheray

Born 1958

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