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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 68 of 1,467 notable people

0013 ILLUSTRATIONS

Jean-Jacques Sempé

Born 1932

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0025 NEUROLOGIST

Boris Cyrulnik

Born 1937

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0030 ACTOR

Georges Descrières

1930 - 2013

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0060 ACTOR

Geneviève Fontanel

1936 - 2018

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0112 ARMY

Erwan Bergot

1930 - 1993

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0120 WRITER

Claire Etcherelli

Born 1934

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0188 PAINTER

Aslan (artist)

1930 - 2014

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0190 FOOTBALL

René-Jean Jacquet

1933 - 1993

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0191 DESIGNER

Paul Bracq

Born 1933

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0226 ORGANIST

Dominique Merlet

Born 1938

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0267 POLITICIAN

Jacques Valade

Born 1930

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0273 ECONOMIST

Yves-Marie Laulan

Born 1934

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0316 POLITICIAN

Bernard Cazeau

Born 1939

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0323 POET

Bernard Delvaille

1931 - 2006

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0340 NOVELIST

Michel Suffran

1931 - 2018

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0355 WRITER

Jean Forton

1930 - 1982

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0356 WINEGROWER

Jean-Michel Cazes

Born 1935

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0392 COMPOSER

Philippe Capdenat

Born 1934

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0415 ACADEMIC

Pascal Ribéreau-Gayon

1930 - 2011

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0422 SOCIOLOGIST

Jacques Lagroye

1936 - 2009

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0424 ACTOR

Évelyne Dandry

Born 1939

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0457 WRITER

Gérard Bayo

Born 1936

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0460 HISTORIAN

Jeanne Henriette Louis

Born 1938

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0496 ACTOR

Maria Laborit

Born 1939

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0517 COOK

Michel Oliver

Born 1932

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0535 ATHLETIC

Pierre Alard

1937 - 2019

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0547 PRIEST

François Bacqué

Born 1936

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0550 CONDUCTOR

Michel Fusté-Lambezat

1934 - 2013

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0553 FILM

Michel Mardore

1935 - 2009

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0559 ACTOR

Jean Stout

1933 - 2012

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0567 WRITER

Marie-Claude Sandrin

Born 1937

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0583 ECONOMIST

Jean Castarède

1934 - 2015

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0603 ARTIST

Jean-Michel Boris

1933 - 2020

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0622 LAWYER

Dmitri Georges Lavroff

1934 - 2014

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0638 POLITICIAN

Pierre Brana

Born 1933

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0732 FOOTBALL

Guy Calléja

Born 1938

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0753 ANNOUNCER

Odette Pinto

1932 - 2010

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0786 MAGNATE

Bernard Magrez

Born 1936

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0790 OBOIST

Jacques Chambon (musicien)

1932 - 1984

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0804 FOOTBALL

Jean-Claude Casties

Born 1936

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0809 PAINTER

Pierre Gauthier-Dubédat

Born 1938

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0828 FILM

Robert Destanque

1931 - 2018

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0836 PHYSICIST

Michel Paty

Born 1938

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0848 HORSEMAN

Christian Carde

Born 1939

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0869 ACTOR

Alain Rais

1932 - 2011

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0894 PAINTER

Paul Leuquet

Born 1932

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0919 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Jean-Claude Reynal

1938 - 1988

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0925 PAINTER

Claude Bellan

1933 - 2017

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0933 ECONOMIST

Hugues Puel

Born 1932

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1001 POLITICIAN

Marc Boeuf

1934 - 1993

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1118 FOOTBALL

André Menaut

1938 - 2019

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1150 FONCTIONNAIRE

Michel Mosser (préfet)

1931 - 2014

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1156 AUTHOR

Jean-Pierre Moussaron

1938 - 2012

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1176 POLITICIAN

Jean Gougy

Born 1939

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1196 ROMANIST

Jean Monestier

1930 - 1992

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1198 PRIEST

Jean-Claude Hertzog

1935 - 2005

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1209 POLITICIAN

Claude Barande

1937 - 2006

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1234 POLITICIAN

Yves Goussebaire-Dupin

Born 1930

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1256 POLITICIAN

Christian Laurissergues

Born 1939

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1288 FOOTBALL

Jean-Claude Ranouil

Born 1937

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1292 POLITICIAN

Henriette Poirier

1936 - 2010

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1341 BUSINESS

Paul Glotin (1933-2011)

1933 - 2011

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1343 FOOTBALL

René Fernandez

Born 1934

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1345 BUSINESS

Philippe Glotin

1938 - 1996

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1376 WRITER

Brigitte Simon-Hamidi

Born 1936

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1407 FOOTBALL

Jacques Debeillex

1934 - 2012

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1439 FOOTBALL

Jean-Louis Jamboué

Born 1937

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1446 FOOTBALL

Jean Domenger

Born 1930

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