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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- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Music
- Film & TV
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François Mauriac
1885 - 1970
Sulpicius Severus
360 - 420
Catulle Mendès
1841 - 1909
Jean Lacouture
1921 - 2015
Georges de Porto-Riche
1849 - 1930
Gabriel de Guilleragues
1629 - 1685
Marc Augier
1908 - 1990
Marcellus Empiricus
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Anne-Marie Garat
Born 1946
Claire Etcherelli
Born 1934
Marie-Sabine Roger
Born 1957
Jean-Marie Laclavetine
Born 1954
Arnaud Berquin
1749 - 1791
Julien Luchaire
1876 - 1962
Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod
Born 1958
Anne Serre
Born 1960
Hervé Le Corre
Born 1955
Eugénie Foa
1797 - 1852
Meven Mordiern
1878 - 1949
Salvat Etchart
1924 - 1985
Jean Forton
1930 - 1982
Jacqueline Mirande
Born 1925
Gérard de Lacaze-Duthiers
1876 - 1958
Jean Vaquié
1911 - 1992
Jean Bertheroy
1858 - 1927
Pierre de Coulevain
1853 - 1927
André Demaison
1883 - 1956
Henry Expert
1863 - 1952
Jean Fernand-Lafargue
1856 - 1903
Gérard Bayo
Born 1936
Maurice Le Glay
1868 - 1936
Hippolyte Rodrigues
1812 - 1898
Meste Verdié
1779 - 1820
Martial Piéchaud
1888 - 1957
Paul Tuffrau
1887 - 1973
Natacha Vas-Deyres
Born 1969
Guillaume Guéraud
Born 1972
Aliénor de Poitiers
1444 - 1509
Harold Cobert
Born 1974
Marie-Claude Sandrin
Born 1937
Anne Bert
1958 - 2017
Jean Balde
1885 - 1938
Alexandre Malafaye
Born 1967
Jean Saint-Geours
1925 - 2015
Olivier Mony
Born 1966
Gilles Marchand (écrivain)
Born 1976
Claude Bourgeyx
Born 1943
Christophe Dabitch
Born 1968
Philippe Ward
Born 1958
Jean Delabroy
Born 1947
Jean Valmy
1901 - 1989
Michelle Vian
1920 - 2017
Frédéric Roux (écrivain)
Born 1947
Léon de la Brière
1845 - 1899
Philippe Cougrand
Born 1957
André Berry
1902 - 1986
Gilbert Ganne
1919 - 2010
Martine Delomme
Born 1949
Paul d'Aigremont
1841 - 1907
Annelise Roux
Born 1964
Jacques Lemarchand
1908 - 1974
David Gradis
1742 - 1811
Franck Krebs
1963 - 2015
Pierre Devaux (1897-1969)
1897 - 1969
Willy de Spens
1911 - 1989
Jacques Sargos
Born 1957
Christiane Lesparre
Died 2002
Floriane Olivier
Born 1987
Benjamin Gradis
1789 - 1858
Cathy Dutruch
Born 1959
Xavier Milan
Born 1964
Michel Brethes
Born 1944
Anda Cantegrive
1873 - 1974
Willy-Paul Romain
Born 1919
Daniel Binaud
Born 1923
Brigitte Simon-Hamidi
Born 1936
Pierre-Henri de Treyssac de Vergy
1734 - 1774
Yves Fougères
1921 - 1953