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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.

Through the Decades

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 painter2.9× the global rate.

Bordeaux under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician177
  2. Painter112
  3. Actor88
  4. Football83
  5. Writer78
  6. Player40
  7. Composer33
  8. Priest30
  1. Painter1122.9×
  2. Architect282.1×
  3. Sculptor192.0×
  4. Composer331.7×
  5. Writer781.6×
  6. Historian251.6×
  7. Poet241.6×
  1. Football830.5×

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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Showing 96 of 1,467 notable people

0015 ACTOR

Édouard Molinaro

1928 - 2013

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0021 ACTOR

Marcel Amont

Born 1929

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0022 MERCENARY

Bob Denard

1929 - 2007

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0052 WRITER

Jean Lacouture

1921 - 2015

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0073 COMPOSER

Jean-Michel Damase

1928 - 2013

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0088 POET

David Diop

1927 - 1960

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0110 POLITICIAN

André Giraud

1925 - 1997

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0118 PHILOSOPHER

Francis Jeanson

1922 - 2009

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0136 HISTORIAN

Daniel Cordier

1920 - 2020

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0143 RELIGIOUS

Gérard Calvet

1927 - 2008

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0144 OFFICER

Hélie de Saint Marc

1922 - 2013

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0173 HISTORIAN

Michel Roquebert

1928 - 2020

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0205 PAINTER

Jean-Joseph Sanfourche

1929 - 2010

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0217 FILM

Yannick Andréi

1927 - 1987

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0265 MUSIC

Lucien Malson

1926 - 2017

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0296 SINGER

Marcel Merkès

1920 - 2007

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0302 HISTORIAN

Pierre Tucoo-Chala

1924 - 2015

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0307 FILM

Serge Roullet

Born 1926

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0341 ASTRONOMER

Roger Cayrel

Born 1925

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0348 WRITER

Salvat Etchart

1924 - 1985

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0351 POLITICIAN

Yvette Chassagne

1922 - 2007

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0359 POLITICIAN

Serge Mallet

1927 - 1973

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0371 WRITER

Jacqueline Mirande

Born 1925

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0381 HISTORIAN

Jacques Tixier

1925 - 2018

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0391 PAINTER

Jean-Michel Coulon

1920 - 2014

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0439 SCREENWRITER

Michel Fermaud

Born 1921

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0454 PRINCE

Élisabeth de Chimay

Born 1926

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0462 TRADE UNION

Juan Gómez Casas

1921 - 2001

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0465 ACTOR

Jean Saudray

1928 - 2002

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0469 ACTOR

Claude Larue

1925 - 1984

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0490 FOOTBALL

Henri Arnaudeau

1922 - 1987

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0523 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marc Flament

1929 - 1991

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0549 ECONOMIST

Gérard Destanne de Bernis

1928 - 2010

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0569 POLITICIAN

Pierre Garmendia

1924 - 2016

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0570 ACTIVIST

René Cruse

1922 - 2017

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0574 ACTOR

Pierre Olaf

1928 - 1995

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0585 ILLUSTRATOR

Michel Gourdon

1925 - 2011

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0588 HISTORIAN

Michel Slitinsky

1925 - 2012

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0610 WRITER

Jean Saint-Geours

1925 - 2015

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0614 SINGER

Guy Fouché

1921 - 1998

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0617 PHYSICIAN

Michel Portmann (médecin)

1924 - 2016

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0633 ARCHIVIST

Yves Pérotin

1922 - 1981

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0634 SPY

Jean Renaud-Dandicolle

1923 - 1944

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0636 THEATRE

Guy Dumur

1921 - 1991

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0639 DIPLOMAT

Jacques Viot

1921 - 2012

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0643 HANDBALL

Nelson Paillou

1924 - 1997

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0649 PAINTER

Pierre Palué

1920 - 2005

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0657 PAINTER

Éliane Beaupuy-Manciet

1921 - 2012

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0677 SPRINT

Monique Drilhon

1922 - 2019

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0679 LYRICIST

Maurice Pon

1921 - 2019

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0705 WRITER

Michelle Vian

1920 - 2017

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0707 SPORT

Maurice Verdeun

1929 - 2014

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0733 PIANIST

Janine Dacosta

Born 1923

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0778 MILITAR

Jacques Antoine de Barry

1922 - 2003

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0795 GEOGRAPHER

Pierre Barrère (professeur)

1921 - 2011

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0816 FILM

Michel Boschet

1927 - 2010

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0845 POLITICIAN

Jean-François Pintat

1923 - 1990

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0871 DIPLOMAT

Marc Bonnefous

1924 - 2002

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0872 POET

Pierre Gabriel

1926 - 1994

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0877 POLITICIAN

Jean-Claude Dalbos

Born 1928

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0900 ACTOR

Lucienne Laurence

1921 - 1980

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0911 DIPLOMAT

Christian Graeff

Born 1923

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0947 PRIEST

Édouard Glotin (Jésuite)

1927 - 2015

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0949 PAINTER

Gérard Sendrey

Born 1928

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0950 BOTANIST

Pierre Dupont (botaniste)

1925 - 2017

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0967 FILM

André Martin (réalisateur)

1925 - 1994

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0969 ACTOR

Robert Sandrey

1920 - 2008

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0977 PAINTER

Pierre Patureau

1924 - 2020

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0987 FOOTBALL

Guy Meynieu

Born 1922

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1002 MAIRE

Pierre de Tartas

1928 - 2007

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1018 JOURNALIST

Henri Poumerol

1923 - 2004

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1025 GEOLOGIST

Marie-Roger Séronie-Vivien

1927 - 2013

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1031 ARTIST

Regina Aprijaskis

1921 - 2013

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1044 ASTRONOMER

Guy Soulié

1920 - 2015

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1056 SINGER

Iacopo Jacomelli

Born 1921

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1066 COMPOSER

Jean Aubain

1928 - 2015

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1072 PRIEST

Philippe Béguerie

1925 - 2017

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1144 NOVELIST

Albert Sainte-Aube

Born 1925

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1221 POLITICIAN

Jacques Malleville

1929 - 1987

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1224 FOOTBALL

Jean-Guy Astresses

1929 - 2020

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1233 OPERA

Pierre Germain (Sänger)

1923 - 1963

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1238 DOCTEUR

Michel de Bennetot

1927 - 2011

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1254 PLAYER

Alban Moga

1923 - 1983

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1276 FOOTBALL

Gustave Depoorter

1921 - 2007

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1286 SCULPTOR

Dominique Piéchaud

1922 - 2011

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1319 PAINTER

Christiane de Casteras

1925 - 2009

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1326 POLITICIAN

Robert Héraud

1922 - 2005

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1340 WRITER

Daniel Binaud

Born 1923

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1358 FOOTBALL

Jacques Cazebonne

1926 - 2012

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1362 MISSING

Daniel André Brun

1925 - 2013

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1370 SAILOR

Didier Poissant

Born 1923

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1378 SAILOR

René Sence

1920 - 1998

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1409 WRITER

Yves Fougères

1921 - 1953

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1419 WRESTLER

Marcel Sigiran

Born 1926

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1428 JOURNALIST

Georges-André Euloge

1921 - 2009

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1443 PARACHUTISTE

Pierre Lard

Born 1924

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