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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- Field: Football Clear ×
Enzo Fernández
Born 1995
Benoît Trémoulinas
Born 1985
Floyd Ayité
Born 1988
Jonathan Ayité
Born 1985
Marc Planus
Born 1982
Paul Baysse
Born 1988
Jean-François Domergue
Born 1957
Maxime Poundjé
Born 1992
Pierre Ducasse (footballer)
Born 1987
Kamel Chafni
Born 1982
Pantxi Sirieix
Born 1980
Fabien Farnolle
Born 1985
Claude Bez
1940 - 1999
Cédric Yambéré
Born 1990
Hoda Lattaf
Born 1978
René-Jean Jacquet
1933 - 1993
Younès Kaabouni
Born 1995
Sessi D'Almeida
Born 1995
Nicolas Sahnoun
Born 1980
Jérôme Gnako
Born 1968
Zaydou Youssouf
Born 1999
François Grenet
Born 1975
Geoffray Toyes
Born 1973
Farid El Alagui
Born 1985
Jean Gallice
Born 1949
Georges Capdeville
1899 - 1991
Kenny Gillet
Born 1986
Francis Meynieu
Born 1953
Jean-Louis Triaud
Born 1949
Samuel Boutal
Born 1969
Gilles Eyquem
Born 1959
Henri Arnaudeau
1922 - 1987
Charly Dutournier
Born 1994
Frédéric Daquin
Born 1978
Henri Dumat
Born 1947
André Gérard
1911 - 1994
Karim Rouani
Born 1982
Matthieu Ligoule
Born 1983
Frédéric Martin (football)
Born 1969
Moussa Mansaly
Born 1983
Jean-Yves de Blasiis
Born 1973
Marco Gbarssin
Born 1984
Vincent Dyduch
Born 1974
Henri Bellocq
1884 - 1959
Vincent Ye
Born 1966
Denis Arnaud
Born 1973
Guy Calléja
Born 1938
Wilfried Tekovi
Born 1989
Adrián Sahibeddine
Born 1994
Gérard Roland (footballer)
Born 1981
Jérôme Martin
Born 1986
Jean-Claude Casties
Born 1936
Sébastien Gervais
Born 1976
Christophe Lestrade
Born 1969
Guy Fraunié
Born 1949
Omar Belbachir
Born 1980
Guy Meynieu
Born 1922
Albert Makiadi
Born 1997
Amandine Guérin
Born 1993
André Gallice
Born 1950
Raphaël Camacho
Born 1975
André Menaut
1938 - 2019
Olivier Barthou
Born 1953
Mathieu Didion
Born 1987
Dominique Berthaud
Born 1952
Hervé Rollain
Born 1968
Steeve Epesse-Titi
Born 1979
Jean-Guy Astresses
1929 - 2020
Serge Barrientos
1949 - 2009
Kylian Ramé
Born 1997
Gustave Depoorter
1921 - 2007
Jean-Claude Ranouil
Born 1937
Pierre Planus
Born 1979
René Fernandez
Born 1934
Benoît Salviat
Born 1978
Hervé Bacqué
Born 1976
Jacques Cazebonne
1926 - 2012
Jacques Debeillex
1934 - 2012
Pedro Rodríguez Alfaro
Born 1964
Yves Texier
Born 1945
Jean Bidegarray
1941 - 2018
Jean-Louis Jamboué
Born 1937
Jean Domenger
Born 1930