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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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  • Politics & Law
  • Art & Design
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0005 ACTOR

Vincent Lindon

Born 1959

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0008 COMEDIAN

Thierry Lhermitte

Born 1952

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0019 ACTOR

Gérard Lanvin

Born 1950

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0030 POLITICIAN

Michel Sapin

Born 1952

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0033 ACTOR

Hippolyte Girardot

Born 1955

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0035 SAILOR

Florence Arthaud

1957 - 2015

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0038 POLITICIAN

Corinne Lepage

Born 1951

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0047 POLITICIAN

Cécilia Attias

Born 1957

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0051 POLITICIAN

Charles, Prince Napoléon

Born 1950

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0059 CHOREOGRAPHER

Bartabas

Born 1957

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0064 ACTOR

Anicée Alvina

1953 - 2006

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0066 ACTOR

Valérie Quennessen

1957 - 1989

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0068 SCREENWRITER

Emmanuèle Bernheim

1955 - 2017

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0069 BUSINESS

Vincent Bolloré

Born 1952

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0078 POLITICIAN

Olivier Dassault

Born 1951

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0085 ECONOMIST

Jean Pisani-Ferry

Born 1951

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0098 WRITER

Laurence Cossé

Born 1950

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0099 FILM

Alain Sarde

Born 1952

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0103 PHYSICIAN

Olivier Ameisen

1953 - 2013

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0104 POLITICIAN

Martine Billard

Born 1952

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0111 FILM

Luc Barnier

1954 - 2012

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0118 POLITICIAN

Dominique Raimbourg

Born 1950

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0120 BUSINESS

Pierre Gattaz

Born 1959

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0121 ACTOR

Lorraine Lévy

Born 1959

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0135 POLITICIAN

Nathalie Goulet

Born 1958

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0144 JOURNALIST

Bernard Guetta

Born 1951

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0149 JOURNALIST

Guillaume Durand (journalist)

Born 1952

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0156 ROYAL FAMILY

Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

Born 1955

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0158 ACTOR

Laurent Spielvogel

Born 1955

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0159 JOURNALIST

Yves Calvi

Born 1959

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0160 SINGER

Gérard Presgurvic

Born 1953

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0171 JOURNALIST

Nelson Monfort

Born 1953

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0178 ENTREPRENEUR

Serge Weinberg

Born 1951

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0182 POLITICIAN

Lionnel Luca

Born 1954

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0191 POLITICIAN

Laurence Vichnievsky

Born 1955

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0197 ART HISTORIAN

Laurence Bertrand Dorléac

Born 1957

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0202 ACTOR

Anne-Marie Philipe

Born 1954

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0203 POLITICIAN

Annick Lepetit

Born 1958

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0205 HISTORIAN

Bernard Cottret

1951 - 2020

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0207 BUSINESS

Pierre Bellanger

Born 1958

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0208 BUSINESS

Luc Oursel

1959 - 2014

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0209 SCREENWRITER

Thomas Gilou

Born 1955

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0212 ACTOR

Zoé Chauveau

Born 1959

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0217 PHYSICIST

Emmanuel Desurvire

Born 1955

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0220 ENTREPRENEUR

Jean-Paul Agon

Born 1956

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0221 BUSINESS

Bruno Lafont

Born 1956

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0224 FENCER

Philippe Bonnin

Born 1955

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0225 SINGER

Vivien Savage

Born 1955

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0226 POLITICIAN

Maud Olivier

Born 1953

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0227 PHILOSOPHER

Baudouin de Bodinat

Born 1954

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0231 CINEMA

Romain Winding

Born 1951

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0239 MUSIC

Loy Ehrlich

Born 1950

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0243 NOVELIST

Louise L. Lambrichs

Born 1952

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0245 ILLUSTRATOR

Marc Taraskoff

1955 - 2015

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0250 HISTORIAN

Jacques Dalarun

Born 1952

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0252 ARCHITECT

Édouard François

Born 1958

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0268 ACTOR

Manuel Gélin

Born 1958

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0270 POET

Didier Cahen

Born 1950

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0273 ARTIST

Sylvie Gaudin

1950 - 1994

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0277 HISTORIAN

Alexandre Moatti

Born 1959

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0280 COMPOSER

Philippe Leroux

Born 1959

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0286 MARRIAGE

Sophie, Princess of Windisch-Graetz

Born 1959

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0287 ACTOR

Chrystelle Labaude

Born 1959

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0288 IMPERIAL

Prince Jérôme Napoléon

Born 1957

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0295 JOURNALIST

Périco Légasse

Born 1959

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0300 CREATIVE

Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

Born 1958

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0306 ACTOR

Sylvie Flepp

Born 1955

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0308 PIANIST

Olivier Hutman

Born 1954

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0315 WRITER

Sophie Chauveau

Born 1953

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0319 PAINTER

Guy de Malherbe

Born 1958

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0322 WRITER

Bruno Guiblet

Born 1951

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0323 ACTOR

Patricia Tulasne

Born 1959

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0324 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Sydney Hervé Aufrère

Born 1951

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0326 ACTOR

Patricia Elig

Born 1958

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0328 PRÉFET

Pierre de Bousquet de Florian

Born 1954

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0340 PAINTER

François Boisrond

Born 1959

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0342 JOCKEY

Darie Boutboul

Born 1958

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0344 JOURNALIST

Laurence Bloch

Born 1952

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0346 LAWYER

Jérôme Turot

Born 1954

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0347 CONSEILLER

David Kessler

1959 - 2020

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0351 FONCTIONNAIRE

Nicole Klein

Born 1952

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0353 FONCTIONNAIRE

Bernard Spitz

Born 1959

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0354 BUSINESS

Corinne Mentzelopoulos

Born 1953

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0361 MUSIC

Zool Fleischer

Born 1958

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0365 ACTOR

Valériane de Villeneuve

Born 1959

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0366 PRINCE

Princess Marie of Liechtenstein (b. 1959)

Born 1959

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0367 ECONOMIST

Philippe Raimbourg

Born 1953

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0377 FACULTY

Guillaume Sainteny

Born 1958

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0383 WRITER

Jean-Pierre Guéno

Born 1955

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0385 SCREENWRITER

Rémi Waterhouse

1956 - 2014

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0388 FILM

Laurent Perrin

1955 - 2012

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0401 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Mathieu Duhamel

Born 1956

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0405 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Jean-François Bayart

Born 1950

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0406 BUSINESS

Philippe Lentschener

Born 1957

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0415 ENGINEER

Madeleine Akrich

Born 1959

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0418 SOCIALITE

Prince Michael of Yugoslavia

Born 1958

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0431 MILITANT

Étienne Caniard

Born 1952

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0440 WRITER

Philippe Vigand

1958 - 2020

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0443 SINGER

Francis Vacher

1958 - 2010

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0444 PHYSICIAN

François Olivennes

Born 1959

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0456 ACTOR

Nicolas Dumayet

1950 - 2011

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0460 ARTIST

David Rochline

1951 - 2015

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0464 PAINTER

Emmanuel Collin

Born 1956

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0466 ARTIST

Philippe Comar

Born 1955

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0467 JOURNALIST

Patrice Barrat (journaliste)

1957 - 2018

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0468 POET

Jean Bazin (poète)

Born 1951

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0470 POET

Henry Le Bal

Born 1959

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0473 ACTOR

Gilles Janeyrand

Born 1952

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0475 ARCHITECT

François Scali

Born 1951

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0478 WRITER

Nathalie Rykiel

Born 1955

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0479 POLITICIAN

Philippe Esnol

Born 1954

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0480 ARTIST

Sylvie Tubiana

Born 1959

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0484 CHEF D ENTREPRISE

Charles-Henri Filippi

Born 1952

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0489 POLITICIAN

Claude Capillon

Born 1950

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0495 ECONOMIST

Dominique Jacomet

Born 1956

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0500 BUSINESS

Éric Lombard

Born 1958

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0503 FILM

Romain Le Grand

Born 1953

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0516 BUSINESS

Philippe Santini (dirigeant d'entreprise)

Born 1950

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0517 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Philippe Germond

Born 1957

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0523 DRIVER

Ferdinand de Lesseps (pilote)

Born 1957

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0525 JOURNALIST

Manuel Joaquim

1954 - 2006

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0528 PHYSICIST

Jean-Baptiste Leblond

Born 1957

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0531 PAINTER

Alix Le Méléder

Born 1955

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0533 BUSINESS

Alain Dinin

Born 1951

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0534 STORYTELLER

Abbi Patrix

Born 1953

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0537 PAINTER

Bruno Montpied

Born 1954

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0539 AUTHOR

Patrick Barbéris

1951 - 2018

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0544 HISTORIAN

Alain-Gilles Minella

1959 - 2012

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0547 WRITER

Marie-Laure de Cazotte

Born 1959

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0549 DESIGNER

Véronique Nichanian

Born 1954

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0551 FINANCIER

Jean de Lambertye

Born 1959

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0555 PHOTOGRAPHER

Isabel Ellsen

1958 - 2012

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0556 PRODUCER

Laurence Bachman

Born 1954

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0558 BUSINESS

Jean-Pierre Tirouflet

Born 1950

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0563 THÉÂTRE

Michel Franck

Born 1957

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0569 JOURNALIST

Gérard Gachet

Born 1951

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0572 POLITICIAN

Laurent Dutheil

Born 1956

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0573 BUSINESS

Pascal Boris

Born 1950

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0580 MARKETING

Michel Bénézit

Born 1955

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0590 GUITAR

Pierrejean Gaucher

Born 1958

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0609 RADIO

Yves Derisbourg

Born 1958

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0614 LAWYER

Arnaud Claude

Born 1953

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0622 MISSING

Corinne Cosseron

Born 1959

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0629 PAINTER

Guillaume Le Baube

Born 1958

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0631 ART HISTORIAN

Florence Gétreau

Born 1951

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0651 PLAYER

Jérôme Vanier

Born 1957

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0655 MILITAR

Bruno Gougeon

Born 1953

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