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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- Music
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- Field: Historian Clear ×
Eutropius (historian)
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Daniel Cordier
1920 - 2020
Michel Roquebert
1928 - 2020
Bernard Ardura
Born 1948
Jacques-Olivier Boudon
Born 1962
Bernard de Girard Haillan
1535 - 1610
Pierre Tucoo-Chala
1924 - 2015
Jean Orcibal
1913 - 1991
François-Tommy Perrens
1822 - 1901
Jacques Tixier
1925 - 2018
Jeanne Henriette Louis
Born 1938
Jacques de Cauna
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Henri Gradis
1823 - 1905
Michel Lhéritier
1889 - 1951
Alain Blondy
Born 1945
Michel Slitinsky
1925 - 2012
Florence Mothe
Born 1947
Jacques Baurein
1713 - 1790
Louis Barrau-Dihigo
1876 - 1931
Saint Sylvia of Aquitaine
330 - 406
Thierry Depaulis
Born 1949
Hélène Bellosta
1946 - 2011
Bernard Bombeau
Born 1952
Christophe Pébarthe
Born 1971
Jules Du Bern de Boislandry
1800 - 1880