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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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661 notable people

0601 PERFUMER

Kilian Hennessy (parfumeur)

Born 1972

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0602 HOCKEY

Aram Kevorkian

Born 1982

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0603 BADMINTON

Mireille Laurent

1938 - 2015

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0604 THEORIST

Thierry Chaput

1949 - 1990

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0605 ADVERTISING

David Pierre-Bloch

Born 1969

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0606 BUSINESS

Arnaud Bamberger

Born 1945

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0607 FILM

Bernard Lion

1939 - 2008

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0608 SCULPTOR

Sébastien Langloÿs

Born 1971

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0609 RADIO

Yves Derisbourg

Born 1958

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0610 PLAYER

Sybille Niox-Château

Born 1969

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0611 PLAYER

Chloé Mesic

Born 1991

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0612 JOURNALIST

Stéphane de Rosnay

1962 - 2015

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0613 ARTIST

Fred Coconut

Born 1970

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0614 LAWYER

Arnaud Claude

Born 1953

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0615 WRITER

Jean-Louis Magnan

Born 1970

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0616 PAINTER

Loren Laurent Pallatier

Born 1960

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0617 CONDUCTOR

Pierre Bleuse

Born 1977

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0618 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Charles Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson

1796 - 1862

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0619 RABBI

Samy Stourdzé

1918 - 1943

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0620 FILM

Olivier Jean (réalisateur)

Born 1962

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0621 ENSEIGNANT

Francis Domenget

1926 - 1993

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0622 MISSING

Corinne Cosseron

Born 1959

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0623 POLITICIAN

Marie-Cécile Ménard

Born 1960

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0624 HOCKEY

Jean-Claude Sozzi

Born 1943

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0625 BUSINESS

Alexandre Meyer

Born 1967

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0626 FOOTBALL

Robert Loubière

1929 - 2011

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0627 POET

Élie Delamare-Deboutteville

1947 - 2013

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0628 POET

Michel Lagrange

Born 1941

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0629 PAINTER

Guillaume Le Baube

Born 1958

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0630 WRITER

Philippe Lafitte

Born 1961

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0631 ART HISTORIAN

Florence Gétreau

Born 1951

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0632 ACTOR

Gaël Giraudeau

Born 1982

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0633 ACTOR

Céline Ertaud

Born 1966

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0634 TEACHER

Martine Le Gal

1947 - 2007

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0635 JOURNALIST

Sébastien Bailly

Born 1968

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0636 ATHLETIC

Michel Butet

1947 - 2005

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0637 JOURNALIST

Olivier Morel-Maroger

Born 1962

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0638 BUSINESS

Guy Chambily

1932 - 2012

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0639 ARTIST

Cecilia von Gegerfelt

1885 - 1971

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0640 MATHEMATICIAN

Charles-Albert Lehalle

Born 1970

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0641 SPELEOLOGIST

Frédérik Hammel

Died 1988

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0642 POLITICIAN

Hubert Balança

1910 - 1976

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0643 POLITICIAN

Jacques Guinebretière

Born 1930

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0644 POLITICIAN

Roger Boisseau

1926 - 2007

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0645 RAPPER

Kasspapazo

Born 1978

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0646 AVIATEUR

Georges Chemet

1891 - 1917

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0647 SPY

Roger Cottin

1903 - 1972

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0648 PAINTER

Mickaël Compagnion

1929 - 2011

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0649 FINANCIER

Thierry Leyne

1965 - 2014

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0650 BASSIST

Daniel Amelot

1935 - 2016

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0651 PLAYER

Jérôme Vanier

Born 1957

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0652 MILITAR

Gérard Loridon

Born 1933

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0653 DRIVER

André de Victor

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0654 DIPLOMAT

Peter Kiewitt

Born 1939

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0655 MILITAR

Bruno Gougeon

Born 1953

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0656 MUSIC

Julien Briffaz

Born 1977

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0657 MILITAR

Émile Bellet

1911 - 1942

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0658 RADIO

Jean-Christophe Rieu

Born 1973

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0659 SOLDIER

Nordahl Lelandais

Born 1983

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0660 FOOTBALL

Loïc Kouagba

Born 1994

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0661 SCULPTOR

Robert Bros

1902 - 1969

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