43.9486° N, 4.8083° E
AVIGNON
Most Famous People Born in Avignon, France
- Notable people
- 420
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1898
- Most distinctive
- Prelate 22.4×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Avignon during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Avignon Is Known For
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Painter is Avignon's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (44).
Avignon over-indexes on prelate — 22.4× the global rate.
Avignon under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Avignon's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Art & Design
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Film & TV
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Olivier Messiaen
1908 - 1992
Mireille Mathieu
Born 1946
René Girard
1923 - 2015
Pierre Boulle
1912 - 1994
Bernard Kouchner
Born 1939
Claude Joseph Vernet
1714 - 1789
Alexandre de Rhodes
1591 - 1660
Younès Belhanda
Born 1990
Laura de Noves
1310 - 1348
Jean Alesi
Born 1964
Cédric Carrasso
Born 1981
Pierre-Esprit Radisson
1640 - 1710
Henri Bosco
1888 - 1976
Jean-Joseph Mouret
1682 - 1738
Benoît Paire
Born 1989
Mazarine Pingeot
Born 1974
Muriel Casals i Couturier
1945 - 2016
Jean-Claude Malgoire
1940 - 2018
Fernand Sardou
1910 - 1976
Emma Daumas
Born 1983
Christian Audigier
1958 - 2015
Christian Ranucci
1954 - 1976
Théodore Aubanel
1829 - 1886
Johann Carrasso
Born 1988
Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon
1817 - 1854
Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin
1689 - 1768
Roselyne Bosch
Born 1961
Camille Ayglon
Born 1985
Guy Bonnet
Born 1945
Jacques Revel
Born 1942
Loïc Corbery
Born 1976
Éric Di Meco
Born 1963
Joseph Agricol Viala
1780 - 1793
Jean Charles, Chevalier Folard
1669 - 1752
Yves Delage
1854 - 1920
Justine Favart
1727 - 1772
Alexandre Barthe
Born 1986
Edmond Alphandéry
Born 1943
Jacques Aumont
Born 1942
Jérémie Azou
Born 1989
Teddy Richert
Born 1974
Esprit Requien
1788 - 1851
Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, 1st Duke of Mahón
1717 - 1796
Guy Héraud
1920 - 2003
Patrick Cubaynes
Born 1960
Joseph ha-Kohen
1496 - 1578
Yoann Touzghar
Born 1986
Renée Dunan
1892 - 1936
Yves Berger
1931 - 2004
Pierre Parrocel
1664 - 1739
Frédéric Bonnaud
Born 1967
Antoine Mariotte
1875 - 1944
Francis Lambert
1486 - 1530
Jacques Malaterre
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Mathias Bourgue
Born 1994
Théodore Cornut
1700 - 1750
Antoine Le Moiturier
1425 - 1495
Maurice Bourgue
Born 1939
Jonathan Lacourt
Born 1986
Jean-Baptiste de Sade
1702 - 1767
Sandrine Veysset
Born 1967
Pierre Vachon
1738 - 1803
Jean-Claude Trial
1732 - 1771
Jean Breton
1930 - 2006
Pierre Grivolas
1823 - 1906
Karim Zéribi
Born 1966
Pierre II Mignard
1640 - 1725
Patrick Baud
Born 1979
Thierry Ehrmann
Born 1962
Anatole Chauffard
1855 - 1932
Abraham ben Mordecai Farissol
1451 - 1525
Antoine Louis Roussin
1819 - 1894
Samuel Gigot
Born 1993
Philippe de Cabassoles
1305 - 1372
François de Rosset
1570 - 1619
Jean Brunet
1822 - 1894
Paul Saïn
1853 - 1908
Mama Béa
Born 1948
Alfred Lesbros
1873 - 1940
Paul Mignard
1639 - 1691
Pierre Bertrand de Colombier
1299 - 1361
Henri Blaze de Bury
1813 - 1888
Paul Génin
1832 - 1903
Guillaume Saurina
Born 1981
Jean-Pancrace Chastel
1726 - 1793
Vincent Almendros
Born 1978
Anthony Briançon
Born 1994
Adrien Bosc
Born 1986
Édouard-Auguste Imer
1820 - 1881
Antoine Trial
1737 - 1795
Cédric Mouret
Born 1978
Antoine Saint-John
Born 1940
Olivier Bausset
Born 1982
Giuliano Alesi
Born 1999
Pierre Versins
1923 - 2001
Antonin Berval
1891 - 1966
Emmanuel Ratier
1957 - 2015
Léa Rubio
Born 1991
Daniel Arsand
Born 1950
Bernard Ginoux
Born 1947
Patrick Collot
Born 1967
Taxile Delord
1815 - 1877
Philippe Gache
Born 1962
Charles-François Félix
1635 - 1703
C-Sick
Born 1991
Geoffroy Lejeune
Born 1988
Jean-Baptiste Cartier
1765 - 1840
Céline Couderc
Born 1983
Jacques-Ignace Parrocel
1667 - 1722
Ludovic Radosavljevic
Born 1989
Jean-Louis Brian
1805 - 1864
Armand de Pontmartin
1811 - 1890
Jean-François Cesarini
1970 - 2020
Terence Tchiknavorian
Born 1992
Étienne Parrocel
1696 - 1775
Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière
1854 - 1942
Mickael Barzalona
Born 1991
Esprit Calvet
1728 - 1810
Paul Giéra
1816 - 1861
Damien Tussac
Born 1988
François Hector d'Albert de Rions
1728 - 1802
Philippe Pradayrol
1966 - 1993
Honoré Blanc
1736 - 1801
Clément Brun (peintre)
1868 - 1920
Bruno Savry
Born 1974
Étienne André François de Paule de Fallot de Be
1750 - 1835
Giacomo Colonna (évêque)
1300 - 1341
Marius Jouveau
1878 - 1949
Étienne Antoine Boulogne
1747 - 1825
Fabrice Brun
Born 1968
Franck Fisseux
Born 1985
Henriette Dibon
1902 - 1989
Joseph François Parrocel
1704 - 1781
Jean-Pierre Maurin
1822 - 1894
Jean-François Colosimo
Born 1960
Jules Flour
1864 - 1921
Bruno Raffaelli
Born 1950
Philippe Toledo
Born 1983
Marc Chevalier (chanteur)
1920 - 2013
Philippe Toussaint Joseph Bordone
1821 - 1892
Jean Péru
1650 - 1723
Joseph Hurard
1887 - 1956
Jérôme Ducros
Born 1974
Joseph de Cambis
1658 - 1736
Vincent Martin (rugby union)
Born 1992
Éric Garcin
Born 1965
Jean Étienne Benoît Duprat
1752 - 1809
Fabrice Soulier
Born 1969
Julien Sauvage
Born 1985
Roger Joubert
1929 - 2010
Félix Guignot
1882 - 1959
André Biancarelli
Born 1970
Jean Duprat (Avignon)
1760 - 1793
Agricol Moureau
1766 - 1842
Lou Tchimoukow
1878 - 1963
Éric Breton
Born 1954
Diane de Joannis de Chateaublanc
1635 - 1667
Michel Trinquier
Born 1931
Tony Gigot
Born 1990
Benoît Richaud
Born 1988
Agnès Cabrol
1964 - 2007
Jean Dabry
1901 - 1990
Gérard Cornu (professeur)
1926 - 2007
François Genet
1640 - 1702
Malik Hamadache
Born 1988
Victor Crumière
1895 - 1950
Fernand Benoit
1892 - 1969
Caroline Cartier (actrice)
1948 - 1991
Joseph Brian
1801 - 1861
Joseph Guérin
1775 - 1850
Paul Garde
Born 1926
Fouad Yaha
Born 1996
Laurent Elie Badessi
Born 1964
Jean-Marie Bon
1923 - 1998
Frédéric Justin Collet
1870 - 1966
Jean-Baptiste Meynier
1749 - 1813
Antoine Chantron
1771 - 1842
Christian Pétron
Born 1944
Étienne-Antoine Parrocel
1817 - 1896
Françoise Moulin Civil
Born 1952
Benjamin Jullien
Born 1995
Esprit Pézenas
1692 - 1776
François II Franque
1710 - 1793
Franck Lucchesi
Born 1963
Agricol-Joseph Fortia d'Urban
1756 - 1843
Samy Schiavo
Born 1975
Hugues Daussy
Born 1970
Émile Beaussier
1874 - 1943
François Lacombe (écrivain)
1726 - 1795
Louis Agricol Montagné
1879 - 1960
Jérôme Pérez
Born 1982
Joseph Girard (1881-1962)
1881 - 1962
Claude Firmin
1864 - 1944
Laurent Scalese
Born 1967
Émile Bouneau
1902 - 1970
Alfred Jules-Julien
1882 - 1977
Régis Faucon
Born 1943
Julien Allemand
Born 1977
Youssef Idrissi
Born 1988
François Artaud
1767 - 1838
Maxime Blanc
Born 1992
Christian Reinaudo
Born 1954
Jean-Marie Albertini
1929 - 2014
Joseph Marie de Suarès
1599 - 1677
Louis Marie Sicard
1743 - 1825
François de Royers de La Valfrenière
1575 - 1667
Gil Jouanard
Born 1937
Michel Konieck
Born 1972
Sylvain Gagnière
1905 - 1997
Louis Guillaume Fulconis
1818 - 1873
Michèle Fournier-Armand
Born 1946
Raouia Rouabhia
Born 1978
Antoine Grivolas
1843 - 1902
Évariste de Valernes
1816 - 1896
Alexandre Saada
Born 1977
Abbé Roubaud
1730 - 1792
Audrey Sylvain
Born 1984
Jean-Louis Chanéac
1931 - 1993
Jean-Luc Sala
Born 1968
Jean-Pierre Gras
1879 - 1964
Alexis Gauthier
Born 1973
Bertran Folcon d'Avignon
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Jimmy Kamghain
Born 1992
Muriel Linsolas
Born 1965
Robert Bressy
1924 - 2015
Clémentine Domptail
Born 1980
Blanche Barretta
1855 - 1939
Guy Ravier
Born 1937
Henry Le Chénier
1937 - 2014
Jacques Lenoir
1918 - 2008
Pierre Favier (journaliste)
Born 1946
Henri Rode
1917 - 2004
Thierry Aymès
Born 1961
Madeleine Plantey
1890 - 1985
Jean-Pierre Lacroix (haut fonctionnaire)
Born 1942
Boris Chambon
Born 1975
Maurice Charrier
Born 1949
Louis Fernez
1900 - 1984
Pierre Laplanche
1803 - 1883
Eva Lopez
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Naima Belkhiati
Born 1973
Paul Cattier
Born 1986
Alfred Bergier
1881 - 1971
Joseph-Balthazar Silvestre
1791 - 1869
Cyrille Martinez
Born 1973
Georges Aubanel
1896 - 1978
Philippe Boutibonnes
Born 1938
Maurice Fargues
1913 - 1947
Hélène Devilleneuve
Born 1969
Boumedienne Allam
Born 1979
Honoré Guibert
1720 - 1791
Joseph Meissonnier (peintre)
1864 - 1943
Joseph-Dominique de Cheylus
1717 - 1797
Bernar Mialet
Born 1956
Alain Rouveret
Born 1948
Auguste Baussan
1824 - 1907
Pierre de Deimier
1575 - 1618
Noël Ruffier
1847 - 1921
Guy Poulet
1924 - 2009
Hugo Pigeon
Born 1996
Marie-France Brive
1945 - 1993
Amine El Khatmi
Born 1987
Marianne-Agnès Falques
1720 - 1773
Pierre Ignace Parrocel
1702 - 1775
Hyacinthe Chobaut
1889 - 1950
Nadine Delanoë
Born 1950
Dylan Ferrandis (pilote moto)
Born 1994
Augustin Danyzy
1698 - 1777
Louis de Fortia-Montréal
1618 - 1661
Louis Puy
1911 - 1965
Jean-Christophe Ravier
Born 1979
Marie-Joseph-François-Victor Monyer de Prilly —
1775 - 1860
Jean Vincent de Tulles
Died 1669
André Daspre
1928 - 2013
Marie Grisier-Montbazon
1859 - 1922
Jean Poudevigne
1922 - 2019
Jules Pijourlet
Born 1991
Jules-Godefroy Astruc
1862 - 1955
Louis-Marie de Suarez d'Aulan
1696 - 1785
Auguste Roure
1878 - 1936
Auguste Verdeil
1793 - 1856
Louis de Curt
1722 - 1804
Simon Reboulet
1687 - 1752
Fabien Pio
Born 1988
Jean de Tulles (died 1608)
Died 1608
Antoinette de Turenne
1380 - 1416
Charles-Félix de Galéan
1620 - 1700
Jean-Baptiste Brunel
1844 - 1919
Pierre Antoine Anselme Malet
1773 - 1815
Jean Garnier (Grammatiker)
Died 1574
Yves François
1914 - 2000
Bernard Remacle
1805 - 1871
Yves Mourier
1912 - 1948
Eugène Droulers
1917 - 1945
Jean Autrand
1878 - 1941
Adolphe de Polier
1795 - 1830
Joseph Aubanel
1816 - 1879
Amans de Robert d'Aqueria de Rochegude
1782 - 1865
Édouard Théodore-Aubanel
1901 - 1970
Guillaume Puy
1751 - 1820