44.8378° N, 0.5795° W
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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François Mauriac
1885 - 1970
André Lhote
1885 - 1962
Jacques Thibaud
1880 - 1953
Pierre Chareau
1883 - 1950
Jacques Rivière
1886 - 1925
Jean Decoux
1884 - 1963
Jean-Gabriel Domergue
1889 - 1962
Adrien Marquet
1884 - 1955
Fernando Fader
1882 - 1935
Joseph Bonnet
1884 - 1944
Jean de La Ville de Mirmont
1886 - 1914
Emmanuel Sougez
1889 - 1972
Joseph Vuillemin
1883 - 1963
Jean Dupas
1882 - 1964
Tobeen
1880 - 1938
Joseph-Ermend Bonnal
1880 - 1944
Fernand Gonder
1883 - 1969
François Blanchy
1886 - 1960
Mathilde Comont
1886 - 1938
François-Maurice Roganeau
1883 - 1974
Jacques Louvigny
1884 - 1951
Jean-Gabriel Daragnès
1886 - 1950
Pierre Bodard
1881 - 1937
André Demaison
1883 - 1956
Robert Monier
1885 - 1944
Jean Odin
1889 - 1975
Charles Le Coq de Kerland
1887 - 1978
Michel Lhéritier
1889 - 1951
Martial Piéchaud
1888 - 1957
Paul Tuffrau
1887 - 1973
Gustave Alaux
1887 - 1965
Jean Balde
1885 - 1938
Gaston Gabaroche
1884 - 1961
René Buthaud
1886 - 1986
André Lafon
1883 - 1915
Antonin Brocard
1885 - 1950
Henri Bellocq
1884 - 1959
Charles-Louis Pothier
1881 - 1962
Gunnar Gundersen (chess player)
1882 - 1943
Fernand Cuville
1887 - 1927
Julien-Fernand Vaubourgoin
1880 - 1952
Maurice Taillandier
1881 - 1932
Robert Gufflet
1883 - 1933
Robert Poplawski
1886 - 1953
William Charles Campbell
1889 - 1958
Jacques Alleman
1882 - 1945
François Gébelin
1884 - 1972
Charles Hairon
1880 - 1962
Raphaël Lavaud
1888 - 1958
Camille de Buzon
1885 - 1964
Pierre Strohl
1881 - 1972
Henry Allard (sailor)
1885 - 1953
Louis Sollier
Born 1885
Edmond Moussié
1888 - 1933
Jean Adam
1883 - 1949
Georges Borchard
1885 - 1962
Marie Talet
1884 - 1944
Robert Touzin
1883 - 1959
Raymond Cabal
Born 1888
Paul Harfort
1888 - 1916
Robert Pascarel
Born 1888
Carlos de Castro Ortúzar
1882 - 1945
Maurice Bruneau
1883 - 1967
Marcel Laffitte
Born 1880
Gabriel Petisné
1881 - 1931