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
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Jean-Marie Kerleroux
Born 1936
Françoise Lasak
Born 1968
Jean Plançon
Born 1964
Gabriel Laviron
1806 - 1849
Pierre-François Clerget
1746 - 1808
Pierre-Denis Goux
Born 1985
Nicolas Nicole
1702 - 1784
Ann Mandrella
Born 1971
Chantal Rittaud-Hutinet
Born 1942
Olivier Ordinaire
1845 - 1914
Robert Demangel
1891 - 1952
Romain Magellan
Born 1973
Henri Polge
1921 - 1978
Claude Binet (homéopathe)
1911 - 1985
Jean-Adolphe Chudant
1860 - 1929
Alexandre Martin de Gray
1773 - 1864
Jacques Petit
1928 - 1982
Marie Phisalix
1861 - 1946
Charles Amet
1824 - 1902
Joseph Berlin-Sémon
Born 1994
Roland Gaudillière
1931 - 1998
Claude Antoine Colombot
1747 - 1821
Edmond Colsenet
1847 - 1925
Pierre-François Viguier
1745 - 1821
Nathalie Démoulin
Born 1968
Robin Previtali
Born 1987
Just Muiron
1787 - 1881
Carloman Louis François Félix, marquis Renouard
1773 - 1840
Émile-Charles-Raymond Pirolley
1898 - 1971
Gérard Bobillier
1945 - 2009
Pierre-Philibert Pompée
1809 - 1874
Francis Vuillemin
Born 1968
François-Félix-Hyacinthe Muguet de Nanthou
1760 - 1809
Marcel Ihler
1880 - 1975
Victor Jeanneney
1832 - 1885
Jean-Baptiste Quirot
1757 - 1820
Louis-Gabriel Monnier
1733 - 1804
Jérôme Chevallier
Born 1974
Édouard Ordinaire
1812 - 1887
Jean-Baptiste Cadet de Beaupré
1758 - 1823
Michel Bourgeois
Born 1940
Alexis Lambert
1829 - 1877
Florence Aubry
Born 1968
Yves Cuenot
Born 1951
Marie du Sacré-Cœur Bernaud
1825 - 1903
Augustin Nicolas
1622 - 1695
Michel Mathiot
1926 - 1999
Jean-Antoine Tinseau
1697 - 1782
Jules Vieille
1814 - 1896
Louis Robach
1871 - 1959
André Spitz
1883 - 1977
Georges Sire
1826 - 1906
Jean Uebersfeld
1927 - 2015
Adolphe Lelièvre
1836 - 1915
Sébastien Fidani
Born 1978
Sylvain Matrisciano
Born 1963
Gabriel Plançon
1916 - 1943
Jules Chifflet
1615 - 1676
Guillaume Coppola
Born 1979
Jean Charroppin
1938 - 2009
Thomas Bouteille
Born 1981
Henri-Victor Roguier
1758 - 1841
Tatiana Solanet
Born 1992
Philippe de Corguilleray
Born 1557
Claude-Melchior Cornette
1744 - 1794
Arnaud Friedmann
Born 1973
Jean-François Copel
1726 - 1783
Jules Gauthier (historien)
1848 - 1905
Thierry Crétier
Born 1972
Louis-Eugène Garraud
1831 - 1893
Pierre Bourliaud
Born 1985
Alexandre Grux
Born 1976
Jules Gros (1838-1919)
1838 - 1919
Marie-Christine Duroy
Born 1957
Sylvie Mamy
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Fabrice Michel
Born 1965
Paul-Ambroise Frère de Villefrancon
1754 - 1828
Pierre Chantelat
1925 - 2011
Louis François Joseph Hanrion
1821 - 1894
Georges Saché
1876 - 1902
Philippe Charles François Seguin
1741 - 1812
Félix Varin d'Ainvelle
1806 - 1857
Alfred Ducat
1827 - 1898
Silvia Lesoil
Born 1975
Solène Coulot
1989 - 2010
Louis Brandin
1570 - 1635
Félix Gaiffe
1874 - 1934
Jean-Édouard Goby
1908 - 1992
Édouard Droz
1855 - 1923
Raymond Siestrunck
1919 - 2005
Jean Baptiste Lutz
Born 1988
Jean-Baptiste Couchery
1768 - 1814
Claude Petit-Benoît de Chaffoy
1752 - 1837
Antoine Louis Daclin
1742 - 1822
Étienne Joseph Ferroux
1751 - 1834
Arnold Lucien Montandon
1852 - 1922
Philippe Parant
1932 - 2014
Benoît-Louis Bouchet
1731 - 1802
Paul-Émile Laviron
1811 - 1899
Joël Beaujouan
Born 1948
Joseph Louvot
1750 - 1824
Sylvain Bégon
Born 1972
Louis-Philippe-Joseph Girod de Vienney, baron de T
1779 - 1852
Jean-Denys Choulet
Born 1958
Armand-Emile Mathey-Doret
1853 - 1931
Jean-Louis Ferrand
1758 - 1808
Sylvain Roy (hockey sur glace)
Born 1981
Philippe Terrier
Born 1947
Jean-Luc Petithuguenin
Born 1957
Auguste Lamblin
1870 - 1946
Bernard Blum
1938 - 2014
Christian Malard
Born 1949
Marcelle Baverez
1899 - 1944
Édouard Dunod de Charnage
1783 - 1826
Claude Étienne Le Bauld de Nans
1735 - 1792
Claude Lecurel-Descoraux
1756 - 1803
Charles de Vaulchier
1812 - 1885
Michel Duveaux
Born 1951
Mickaël Jeannin
Born 1985
Paul Cappé
1868 - 1931
Jules Belamy
1823 - 1852
Yves Chevalier
Born 1939
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Accarier
1773 - 1837
Jean Frontard
1884 - 1962
Pierre Auguste Bertin
1818 - 1884
Ferdinand de Crécy
1744 - 1814
Olivier Meunier
1972 - 2001
Anne Joseph Théodore Peyssard
1804 - 1861
Georges Ulmo
1867 - 1954
Jean-Pierre Roset
Born 1941
Yves Maréchal
Born 1962
Jacques Bichet
Born 1931
Guillaume de Vergy
Died 1407
Maurice Roman de Gassowski
1879 - 1944
Guy II de Pontailler
1335 - 1392
Gilles Plançon
Born 1959
Ivan Huc
Born 1969
Félix Gaudy
1832 - 1895
Nicet de Besançon
Died 611
Jean-Marc Trinita
Born 1965
Clarisse Bourdeney
1848 - 1898
César Convers
1796 - 1864
Berthe Villancher
1908 - 2000
Claude-Ignace Franchet de Rans
1722 - 1810
Arthur de Buyer
1812 - 1903
Geneviève Carrez
1909 - 2014
Marie Frachebois
Born 1984
Jules Poignand
1851 - 1921
Claude-Marie-Joseph Jeannot de Moncey
1764 - 1828
Joseph-Alexis Nicod de Ronchaud
1781 - 1827
Charles Broquart des Bussières
1791 - 1853
Yves Barbier
1893 - 1944
Vincent Liegey
Born 1979
Laurence Bobillier
Born 1965
Louis Eugène Baille
1860 - 1956
Pierre-Georges de Scey-Montbéliard
1771 - 1847
Henri Armand Rolle
1829 - 1903
Jean-Pierre Galezot
1686 - 1742
Pierre Quatrepoint
Born 1932
Wilchard von Lyon
Died 1112
Antoine Monnot-Arbilleur
1818 - 1876
François III de Rye
1566 - 1637
Jacques Weinman
1906 - 1977
Marie-Louise Paris
1889 - 1969
Lucien Mille
Born 1927
Léon Boudot
1851 - 1930
Annick Borel
Born 1948
Calvi (auteur)
Born 1938
Didier Bonnet
1949 - 2011
Michel Jacquemin
1939 - 2009
Francis Borrey
1904 - 1976
Jean-Gabriel d'Agay
1731 - 1788
Patrick Souillot
Born 1964
Sarah Vaisse
Born 1995
Antoine Ier de Vergy
Died 1541
Simon Hubert Maire
1755 - 1817
Marcellin Carraud
1909 - 1988
Florence Sauval
Born 1964
Ulysse Auguste Devarenne
1830 - 1892
Louis Biétrix
1880 - 1952
Louis-Joseph Fernier
1815 - 1879
Joseph-Alphonse Philibert
1848 - 1926
Jean-François Combez
1732 - 1794
Jacques Rittaud-Hutinet
Born 1937
Charles Guillaud
1925 - 2014
Paul Acquel
Born 1825
Pierre Beauquier
1904 - 1981
Charles Siffert
1876 - 1939
Elisa Faure
Born 1985
Anna Maire
1828 - 1906
Félix Alexis Destremau
1868 - 1945
Cindy Silvestre
Born 1993
Giovanni Bassand
1365 - 1445
Jean-Baptiste Maurice
1798 - 1844
Armand Legroux
1922 - 1994
Marie-Bénigne-Ferréol-Xavier de Chifflet d'Orcha
1766 - 1835
Juliette Delagrange
1880 - 1936
Henri Mathey
1919 - 2010
Aurel Rubbish
Born 1980
Louis-Antoine Vichot
1825 - 1900
Jean-Baptiste Bourgon de Foucherans
1780 - 1870
Marie, Antoine, Charles, Suzanne de Terrier de San
1773 - 1832
Marcel Jacquot de Mercey
1778 - 1861
Albin Saillard
1842 - 1925
Christelle Fernandez-Schulte
Born 1974
Antoine-François-Alexis Droz
1785 - 1861
Désiré Véjux
1795 - 1857
Victor Grillet
1782 - 1849
Renaud de Semur
Died 1123
Nicolas Leclerc
Born 1994
François Choye
1658 - 1706
Charles de Saint-Juan
1835 - 1862
Alberto Carlo Gilberto De la Forest de Divonne
1818 - 1893
Jean Louis Emonin
1780 - 1830
Jean Chifflet
1614 - 1666
Edmond Sandoz
Born 1872
Christophe Pellegrini
Born 1975
P.N.A. Handschin
Born 1971
Max Mathieu
1900 - 1987
Robert Bourgeois (abbé)
1910 - 1944
Alexandre Chevassut
1767 - 1834
Jean de Nant
Died 1426
François Vernier
1736 - 1815
Christian-Marie Monnot
Born 1945
Ahmed Zemouri
Born 1993
Ludovic Golliard
Born 1983
Jean-Pierre Guillemet
1771 - 1816
Jean Germain (évêque)
Died 1362
Michel Beauquey
1902 - 1980
Jean II d'Auxois
Died 1358
Danièle Tétu
Born 1947
François de Pierre de Viantaix
1744 - 1823
Nicolas de Tholon
Died 1400
Charles-François Monnin de Follenay
1734 - 1814
Louis Sébastien Coger
1779 - 1853
Jean d'Auxois
Died 1358
Aurélien Duraffourg
Born 1984
Jean Baptiste Crétin
1765 - 1835
Rodrigue Moulin
Born 1979
César Verny, dit Vernier
1738 - 1806
Dom Vincent Duchesne
1661 - 1724
Jean-Baptiste Mareschal
Born 1628
Claude Marie-Joseph Blanc
1753 - 1833
Jean Langret
Died 1419
Robert de Marzy
Died 1273
Étienne de Longvy
Died 1511
Étienne de Cluny
Died 1069
Paul Charreire
1820 - 1898