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BORDEAUX
Most Famous People Born in Bordeaux, France
- Notable people
- 1,467
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- Median birth year
- 1901
- Most distinctive
- Painter 2.9×
A Gironde port whose Roman bench starts with Ausonius, the 4th-century poet and tutor to a Roman emperor, and runs through a long Gallo-Roman tail of bishops and grammarians. Bordeaux's distinctive professions are painters, architects, sculptors, composers, and writers — the trades of a wealthy 18th-century wine-and-shipping city — and its most famous modern names are François Mauriac, Jean Anouilh, Odilon Redon, and Danielle Darrieux. Richard II of England was born at the Château de l'Ombrière in 1367.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bordeaux during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Bordeaux Is Known For
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Politician is Bordeaux's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (177).
Bordeaux over-indexes on painter — 2.9× the global rate.
Bordeaux under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Bordeaux's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Music
- Film & TV
- Other
- Filtered to 1680s Clear ×
Joseph-François Lafitau
1681 - 1746
Jean-Baptiste Silva
1682 - 1742
Pierre-François Lafitau
1685 - 1764
Louis-Jacques Chapt de Rastignac
1684 - 1750
François Gaviniès
1683 - 1772