47.2418° N, 6.0218° E
BESANCON
Most Famous People Born in Besancon, France
- Notable people
- 548
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1879
- Most distinctive
- Prelate 12.9×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Besancon during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Besancon Is Known For
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Politician is Besancon's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (83).
Besancon over-indexes on prelate — 12.9× the global rate.
Besancon under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Besancon's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Science
- Military
- Other
Victor Hugo
1802 - 1885
Charlemagne
748 - 814
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
1809 - 1865
Charles Fourier
1772 - 1837
Charles Nodier
1780 - 1844
Tristan Bernard
1866 - 1947
Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle
1517 - 1586
Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet
1736 - 1811
Ursula Meier
Born 1971
Auguste Clésinger
1814 - 1883
Michel Blavet
1700 - 1768
Rémi Mathis
Born 1982
Claude Lorius
Born 1932
Adolphe Braun
1812 - 1877
Michel Carré
1821 - 1872
Yves Jégo
Born 1961
Alfred Nicolas Rambaud
1842 - 1905
Hilaire de Chardonnet
1839 - 1924
Jean Gigoux
1806 - 1894
Jonas Martin
Born 1990
Claude Lecourbe
1759 - 1815
Jean Mairet
1604 - 1686
Jean-François Laguionie
Born 1939
Raymond of Burgundy
1070 - 1107
Auguste Lumière
1862 - 1954
Théobald Chartran
1849 - 1907
Antoine-François Momoro
1755 - 1794
Jean-Jacques Boissard
1528 - 1602
André Zeller
1898 - 1979
Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle
1484 - 1550
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard
1732 - 1817
Maxence Cyrin
Born 1971
André Bloch (mathematician)
1893 - 1948
Jean de Gribaldy
1922 - 1987
Morgan Kneisky
Born 1987
Jean Fréchet
Born 1944
Hilduin
775 - 840
André du Ryer
1580 - 1660
Pierre Claude Pajol
1772 - 1844
Laura Glauser
Born 1993
Jean Claude Eugène Péclet
1793 - 1857
Jean-Baptiste Besard
1567 - 1625
Jules Jeanneney
1864 - 1957
Émile Henriot (chemist)
1885 - 1961
Jean-Charles Valladont
Born 1989
Marie-Charles Damoiseau
1768 - 1846
Max d'Ollone
1875 - 1959
Vincent Nogueira
Born 1988
Thomas Romain
Born 1977
Jean-Baptiste Chassignet
1571 - 1635
Pierre-Adrien Pâris
1745 - 1819
Louis-Jean Résal
1854 - 1919
Édouard Brissaud
1852 - 1909
Philippe Cassard
Born 1962
Jacqueline Risset
1936 - 2014
Jacques Maillot
Born 1962
Paul de Casteljau
Born 1930
Hippolyte Langlois
1839 - 1912
Eustace of Luxeuil
560 - 629
Joseph Droz
1773 - 1850
Raymond Blanc
Born 1949
Dominique Prieur
Born 1949
Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon
1257 - 1310
Pierre-Marie-Charles de Bernard du Grail de la Villette
1804 - 1850
Aurore Jéan
Born 1985
Jean-Louis Fousseret
Born 1946
Jean Charles Marie Grenier
1808 - 1875
Laurent Grandguillaume
Born 1978
Alexandre Marie Léonor de Saint-Mauris de Montbarrey
1732 - 1796
Mina Agossi
Born 1972
Damien Jouillerot
Born 1985
Jean Le Michaud d'Arçon
1733 - 1800
Brice Pauset
Born 1965
Benoît Dorémus
Born 1980
Claude-Adrien Nonnotte
1711 - 1793
Alex Beaupain
Born 1974
Eugène Revillout
1843 - 1913
Justin Girod-Chantrans
1750 - 1841
Khedafi Djelkhir
Born 1983
Vanessa Guide
Born 1989
Georges Pernot
1879 - 1962
Raphaëlle Tervel
Born 1979
Humbertus Guilielmus de Precipiano
1627 - 1711
Annie Ducaux
1908 - 1996
Jenny d'Héricourt
1809 - 1875
Chilperic of Aquitaine
630 - 632
Robert Desoille
1890 - 1966
Madame de Saint-Laurent
1760 - 1830
Paul Azan
1874 - 1951
Charles Lebouc
1822 - 1893
Cornelius Herz
1845 - 1898
Johannes of Jerusalem
1042 - 1119
Donat Nonnotte
1708 - 1785
Norbert Eschmann
1933 - 2009
Georges Jean
1920 - 2011
Jean-Dominique Merchet
Born 1959
Jean-Jacques Chifflet
1588 - 1660
Anne Ubersfeld
1918 - 2010
Élisabeth de Vaudey
1773 - 1863
John IV of Chalon-Arlay
1443 - 1502
Francis Wey
1812 - 1882
Mehdi Jeannin
Born 1991
Margaux Pinot
Born 1994
Johan Heliot
Born 1970
Constant Mayer
1829 - 1911
Yves Ravey
Born 1953
Megingoz
783 - 794
Georges Bruhat
1887 - 1945
Robert Gigi
1926 - 2007
Cyril Kali
Born 1984
Jules Lunteschütz
1822 - 1893
Samuel Collardey
Born 1975
Guillaume le Rouge
1385 - 1450
Albert Clerc
1830 - 1918
Louis Koeltz
1884 - 1970
Charles Weiss (librarian)
1779 - 1866
Zacharias Chrysopolitanus
Died 1155
Arnaud Maire
Born 1979
Paul Lancrenon
1857 - 1922
Anthony Basso
Born 1979
Georges Saillard
1877 - 1967
Yohann Lasimant
Born 1989
Émile Pierre Ratez
1851 - 1934
Gaspard Augé
Born 1979
Albert Vandel
1894 - 1980
Denis-François Camusat
1695 - 1732
Kévin Hoggas
Born 1991
Charles-Étienne-François Ruty
1774 - 1828
Julien Berthier
Born 1975
Albert Métin
1871 - 1918
Marcelle de Lacour
1896 - 1997
Philippe Berta
Born 1960
Patrick Cordier
1946 - 1996
Henri Baron
1816 - 1885
Aurélien Faivre
Born 1978
Philippe Bender
Born 1942
Henri Zeller
1896 - 1971
Richard Mallié
Born 1948
Michel Raison
Born 1949
Jean-Louis Léonard
Born 1950
Claude Jeannerot
Born 1945
Jean-François Humbert
Born 1952
Charles Domergue
1914 - 2008
Christophe Fiat
Born 1966
Émile Isenbart
1846 - 1921
Charles de Tinseau d'Amondans
1748 - 1822
Édouard Tournier
1831 - 1899
Armand Barthet
1820 - 1874
Claude Louis Séraphin Barizain
1783 - 1843
Tifany Huot-Marchand
Born 1994
Rachid Djebaili
Born 1975
Charles Auffret
1929 - 2001
Luc Breton
1731 - 1800
Francis baron d'Allarde
1778 - 1841
Jean-Baptiste Boisot
1638 - 1694
Auguste Castan
1833 - 1892
Jean Josselin
Born 1940
François Prévôt-Leygonie
Born 1967
Georges Chabot
1890 - 1975
Just Becquet
1829 - 1907
Thomas Paris
Born 1970
Florian Bague
Born 1984
Caroline Mani
Born 1987
Jean Joseph Antoine de Courvoisier
1775 - 1835
Josette Arno
Born 1933
Barbara Bessot Ballot
Born 1972
Auguste Achintre
1834 - 1886
Albert Belin
1615 - 1677
Bernard Bruyère
1879 - 1971
Arnaud Prétot
Born 1971
Philippe Vieux
Born 1967
Élisabeth Riffiod
Born 1947
Viviane Wade
Born 1932
Joseph Varin
1769 - 1850
Gerland of Agrigento
1030 - 1100
Philippe Colin
Born 1979
Androin de la Roche
1300 - 1369
Émilien Viennet
Born 1992
Albert Seitz
1872 - 1937
Vincent Philippe (pilote moto)
Born 1978
François Xavier Talbert
1725 - 1805
Maxime Chataignier
Born 1988
Jacques Decrion
Born 1961
Janine Andrade
1918 - 1997
Johann Chapuis
Born 1975
Alexis Godillot
1816 - 1893
Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny
1920 - 2011
Ludovic Arrachart
1897 - 1933
Claude François Joseph d'Auxiron
1731 - 1778
Claude-Marie-Paul Tharin
1787 - 1843
Jérôme Galon
Born 1967
Guillaume-Xavier Labbey de Pompières
1751 - 1831
Maurice-Louis Dubourg
1878 - 1954
Gustave Rudler
1872 - 1957
Éric Monnin
Born 1968
Waldalenus
531 - 615
Henry Aron
1842 - 1885
Philippe Minyana
Born 1946
Jérôme Daran
Born 1973
Thomas Perrenot de Granvelle
1521 - 1571
Christian Spitz
Born 1950
Fred Gérard
1924 - 2012
Alphonse Voisin-Delacroix
1857 - 1893
Alexandre Mathis
Born 1948
Claude Joseph Alexandre Bertrand
1734 - 1797
Laurent Chifflet
1598 - 1658
Anne-James Chaton
Born 1970
Stephen of Besançon
1250 - 1294
Émile Eigeldinger
1886 - 1973
Charles Belle
Born 1956
Marie-Claude Beaud
Born 1946
Yvonne Jourjon
1899 - 1985
Camille Demesmay
1815 - 1890
Nicole Bonvalot
1490 - 1570
Charles-Antoine Flajoulot
1774 - 1840
James Chappuis
1854 - 1934
Bertrand Piton
Born 1970
Serge Élissalde
Born 1962
Chantal Simonot
Born 1962
François de Dinteville
1498 - 1530
Rémi Pillot
Born 1990
Sandrine Delerce
Born 1975
Pierre Bas
1925 - 2015
Christophe Lemaire (styliste)
Born 1965
Bertrand Moingeon
Born 1964
Jean-François Flamand
1766 - 1838
Jean-Richard Sulzer
Born 1947
Luc Courchetet d'Esnans
1695 - 1776
Laurent Danchin
1946 - 2017
David Brisseault
Born 1969
Henri d'Ollone
1868 - 1945
Philippe Fouchard
1937 - 2004
Jocelyn de Grandis
Born 1980
Morrade Hakkar
Born 1972
Jean Lalemandet
1595 - 1647
Jean Petit (sculpteur)
1819 - 1903
François de Molière d'Essertines
1599 - 1623
Raphaël Jacoulot
Born 1971
Claude Chifflet
1541 - 1580
Ophélie Bau
Born 1992
Pierre Mingand
1900 - 1982
Véronique Girardet
Born 1965
Robert Derathé
1905 - 1992
Pierre Joseph Jeanningros
1816 - 1902
Thierry Weil
Born 1959
Charles Piaget
Born 1928
Francis Prost
Born 1968
Claude Darciaux
Born 1942
Laurent Depui
1878 - 1947
Axel Auriant
Born 1998
Vidya Gastaldon
Born 1974
Pierre Beuchey
1931 - 2009
Édouard Baille
1814 - 1888
Émile Scaremberg
1863 - 1938
Noël Copin
1929 - 2007
Guillaume Dequaire
Born 1990
Charles Beauquier
1833 - 1916
Antonin Fanart
1831 - 1903
Roger Picard
1884 - 1950
Sara Llorca
Born 1983
Paul Krôn
1869 - 1936
David Ratte
Born 1970
Marie Étienne François Henri Baudrand
1774 - 1848
Jean-Charles Colombot
1719 - 1782
Emmanuelle Coubat
Born 1970
Jean-François Soitoux
1824 - 1891
Brigitte Métra
Born 1954
Simon de Langres
Died 1384
Pierre Boudot
1930 - 1988
Gaston Coindre
1844 - 1914
Charles-Pierre-Lubin Griois
1772 - 1839
Jules Tissot
1870 - 1950
Falko Traber
Born 1959
Jean-Marie Brulard
1856 - 1923
Didier Marcel
Born 1961
Jean-Louis Théobald
1923 - 2012
Olivier Balez
Born 1972
Jacky Schwartzmann
Born 1972
Louis-Hippolyte Violette
1869 - 1950
Alain Ballay
Born 1954
Vincent Coupat
Born 1986
Jean Bernhardt
1927 - 2000
Michel Dodane
Born 1961
Georges Béjot
1896 - 1987
Éric Lipmann
Born 1938
Louis Laurent-Atthalin
1818 - 1893
Alfred Bardey
1854 - 1934
Hippolyte Renaud
1803 - 1874
Pierre-Agathe Heymès
1776 - 1842
Jean-Marc Nudant
1942 - 2015
Damien Guillaume
Born 1978
Philibert de Rye
1516 - 1556
Jean de Watteville
1638 - 1670
Charles-Louis Clément
1768 - 1857
Auguste de Tallenay
1795 - 1863
Maurice Boutterin
1882 - 1970
Philippe Gougler
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Jean-Claude Walter
Born 1940
Mohamed Louhkiar
Born 1983
Marcel Wibault
1904 - 1998