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BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT

Most Famous People Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France

Notable people
661
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1954
Most distinctive
Business 5.3×

A Parisian western edge where Renault built cars and everyone else built careers — a Business bench running at better than five times the global baseline, a Film and Screenwriter presence that reads like a Nouvelle Vague afterparty, and the Journalist and Actor concentrations of a suburb that functions as Paris's overflow green room.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Boulogne-Billancourt during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 147 notable births.

What Boulogne-Billancourt Is Known For

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Actor is Boulogne-Billancourt's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (83).

Boulogne-Billancourt over-indexes on business5.3× the global rate.

Boulogne-Billancourt under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.

  1. Actor83
  2. Politician56
  3. Writer46
  4. Business35
  5. Film29
  6. Journalist28
  7. Painter25
  8. Singer17
  1. Business355.3×
  2. Screenwriter124.2×
  3. Driver83.9×
  4. Film293.6×
  5. Economist93.3×
  6. Entrepreneur73.1×
  7. Journalist282.7×
  8. Actor832.4×
  1. Football110.1×
  2. Lawyer80.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Boulogne-Billancourt's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
  • Music
  • Science
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0002 ACTOR

Leslie Caron

Born 1931

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0006 PHILOSOPHER

André Glucksmann

1937 - 2015

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0010 POLITICIAN

Édith Cresson

Born 1934

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0016 FILM

Bertrand Blier

Born 1939

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0024 ACTOR

Ariane Mnouchkine

Born 1939

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0026 PAINTER

Daniel Buren

Born 1938

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0032 ACTOR

Bulle Ogier

Born 1939

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0041 FILM

Michel Deville

Born 1931

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0045 SCREENWRITER

Nina Companeez

1937 - 2015

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0049 WRITER

Catherine Clément

Born 1939

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0062 FILM

Axel Corti

1933 - 1993

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0065 JOURNALIST

Thierry Roland

1937 - 2012

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0071 CINEMA

Pierre Lhomme

1930 - 2019

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0082 ACTOR

Pascale Roberts

1933 - 2019

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0086 STAGE

Philippine de Rothschild

1933 - 2014

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0093 ACTOR

France Rumilly

Born 1939

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0095 ACTOR

Laurence Badie

Born 1934

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0096 CHEMIST

Henri B. Kagan

Born 1930

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0100 LAWYER

Renaud Denoix de Saint Marc

Born 1938

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0105 MATHEMATICIAN

Paul-André Meyer

1934 - 2003

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0112 ACTOR

Geneviève Casile

Born 1938

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0123 CERAMIST

Joan Gardy Artigas

Born 1938

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0133 ACADEMIC

Jean-Yves Tadié

Born 1936

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0139 MUSIC

Paul-Gilbert Langevin

1933 - 1986

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0150 POLITICIAN

Olivier Stirn

Born 1936

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0166 JOURNALIST

Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber

1937 - 2020

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0167 DAUGHTER

Maya Widmaier-Picasso

Born 1935

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0169 ACTOR

Daniel Cauchy

1930 - 2020

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0170 PUBLISHER

Dominique de Roux

1935 - 1977

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0180 ACTOR

Jean-Claude Roy

1933 - 2018

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0192 ENGINEER

Bernard Ziegler

Born 1933

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0193 COMPOSER

Isabelle Aboulker

Born 1938

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0195 COMPOSER

Frédéric Botton

1936 - 2008

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0235 WRITER

Philippe Corentin

Born 1936

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0240 FILM

Jean-Loup Passek

1936 - 2016

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0253 COMPOSER

Christian Manen

1934 - 2020

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0254 LAWYER

Jean-Louis Baudouin

Born 1938

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0256 TRANSLATOR

Nikita Struve

1931 - 2016

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0262 POET

Geneviève Clancy

1937 - 2005

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0292 ACTOR

Alain Feydeau

1934 - 2008

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0302 POLITICIAN

Christiane Kammermann

Born 1932

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0327 WRITER

Jean-Pierre Burgart

Born 1933

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0334 GEOLOGIST

Jean Dercourt

1935 - 2019

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0336 PAINTER

Mette Ivers

Born 1933

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0359 PAINTER

Michel Jouenne

Born 1933

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0363 ECONOMIST

Benjamin Dessus

1939 - 2019

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0364 PHYSICIAN

Didier Sicard

Born 1938

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0378 ENTOMOLOGIST

Roger-Paul Dechambre

1935 - 2016

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0382 WRITER

Jean-Claude Silbermann

Born 1935

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0387 FILM

Bernard Cuau

1935 - 1995

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0391 DIPLOMAT

Philippe Rossillon

1931 - 1997

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0392 PAINTER

François Aubrun

1934 - 2009

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0394 THEOLOGIAN

Jean-Pierre Jossua

Born 1930

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0398 JOURNALIST

Yves Cuau

Born 1934

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0407 WRITER

Florence Aboulker

1934 - 2002

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0422 POLITICIAN

Francine Gomez

Born 1932

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0432 ILLUSTRATOR

Alain Le Saux (artiste)

1936 - 2015

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0435 LAWYER

Jacques Calvet

1931 - 2020

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0438 POET

Daniel Pons

1932 - 1986

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0441 JOURNALIST

Jean Schalit

1937 - 2020

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0445 FOOTBALL

Yvon Quédec

Born 1939

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0447 WRITER

Robert de Goulaine

1933 - 2010

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0461 SCREENWRITER

Georges Moréas

Born 1938

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0462 ORNITHOLOGIST

Jean-Claude Roché

Born 1931

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0463 POLITICIAN

Paul Girod (homme politique)

Born 1931

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0472 SURGEON

Jean-Paul Cachera

1930 - 1993

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0474 WRITER

Laurence Bataille

1930 - 1986

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0477 PHARMACIST

Ketty Schwartz

1937 - 2007

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0483 SCULPTOR

Marcoville

Born 1939

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0491 SCULPTOR

Denise A. Aubertin

Born 1933

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0497 BUSINESS

Gérard Brémond

Born 1937

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0510 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Raffin

Born 1937

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0518 BANK

Bruno Roger

Born 1933

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0540 POET

Philippe Longchamp

Born 1939

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0541 ARCHIVIST

Yves Laissus

Born 1930

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0545 BUSINESS

Daniel Dewavrin

Born 1936

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0568 JOURNALIST

Hugues Vassal

Born 1933

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0571 WRITER

Jean-Paul Delamotte

1931 - 2019

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0579 BUSINESS

Éric Bourdais de Charbonnière

Born 1939

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0587 PHYSICIAN

Philippe Laudat

1930 - 1987

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0603 BADMINTON

Mireille Laurent

1938 - 2015

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0607 FILM

Bernard Lion

1939 - 2008

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0638 BUSINESS

Guy Chambily

1932 - 2012

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0643 POLITICIAN

Jacques Guinebretière

Born 1930

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0650 BASSIST

Daniel Amelot

1935 - 2016

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0652 MILITAR

Gérard Loridon

Born 1933

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0654 DIPLOMAT

Peter Kiewitt

Born 1939

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