49.1824° N, 0.3698° W
CAEN
Most Famous People Born in Caen, France
- Notable people
- 511
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1909
- Most distinctive
- Poet 4.5×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Caen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Caen Is Known For
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Politician is Caen's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (64).
Caen over-indexes on poet — 4.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Caen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Daniel Auber
1782 - 1871
François de Malherbe
1555 - 1628
Marie-Pierre Kœnig
1898 - 1970
Gilles Lellouche
Born 1972
Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester
1090 - 1147
Youssef El-Arabi
Born 1987
Pierre Varignon
1654 - 1746
Léa Drucker
Born 1972
Pierre Daniel Huet
1630 - 1721
Benoît Costil
Born 1987
Eugène Poubelle
1831 - 1904
Gilles Peterson
Born 1964
Damien Sargue
Born 1981
J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur
1735 - 1813
Elliot Grandin
Born 1987
Laure Adler
Born 1950
François le Métel de Boisrobert
1589 - 1662
André-Louis Danjon
1890 - 1967
Charles Longuet
1839 - 1903
Xavier Deluc
Born 1958
Roger Grenier
1919 - 2017
Stanislas Lépine
1835 - 1892
Maurice Bloch
Born 1939
Gabriel Dupont
1878 - 1914
Jean Regnault de Segrais
1624 - 1701
Jacques Daléchamps
1513 - 1588
Pierre-Simon Girard
1765 - 1836
Caryl Férey
Born 1967
Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen
1769 - 1832
Olivier Baroux
Born 1964
Christophe Coin
Born 1958
Bruno Grougi
Born 1983
Jean Bertaut
1552 - 1611
Mélanie Pain
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Jean-Baptiste Belin
1653 - 1715
Alexandre-Étienne Choron
1771 - 1834
Julien Toudic
Born 1985
Mathieu Lindon
Born 1955
Bruno Massot
Born 1989
Estienne Roger
1665 - 1722
Damien Fleury
Born 1986
Jérémy Sorbon
Born 1983
Jean Parmentier (explorer)
1494 - 1529
Alain Duhamel
Born 1940
Charles-André Julien
1891 - 1991
Antoine Garapon
Born 1952
Clévid Dikamona
Born 1990
Georges Fournier (Jesuit)
1595 - 1652
Tanneguy Le Fèvre
1615 - 1672
Raoul de Caen
1080 - 1120
Jean de Bernieres-Louvigny
1602 - 1659
Alexandre Pichot
Born 1983
Robin Coudert
Born 1978
Jean Soreth
1394 - 1471
Françoise Bertaut de Motteville
1621 - 1689
Louis Bazin
1920 - 2011
Jean-François-Auguste Moulin
1752 - 1810
Pierre Aubé
Born 1944
Paul Jacques Malouin
1701 - 1778
Joël Thomas
Born 1987
Adrien Goetz
Born 1966
Alice of Normandy
1002 - 1038
Vincent Barteau
Born 1962
Claire Mathieu
Born 1965
Michel Villey
1914 - 1988
Nina Meurisse
Born 1988
Eleanor of Normandy
1010 - 1071
Fabrice Divert
Born 1967
Louis Gustave le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant
1764 - 1853
Victor Sintès
Born 1980
Éric Tanguy
Born 1968
Jean Léturgie
Born 1947
Jules Danbé
1840 - 1905
Martial de Guernon-Ranville
1787 - 1866
Richard, Count of Évreux
1011 - 1067
Guy de Lioncourt
1885 - 1961
Léon Lecornu
1854 - 1940
Richard Pynson
1448 - 1529
Jean Fleury
1480 - 1527
Georgette de Montenay
1540 - 1581
Nelly Richard
Born 1948
Pierre Villey
1879 - 1933
Michel Lasne
1590 - 1667
Jean-Luc Préel
1940 - 2015
Jean-Yves Marin
Born 1955
Hippolyte-Victor Collet-Descotils
1773 - 1815
Anthony Deroin
Born 1979
Youl Mawéné
Born 1979
Frédéric Forte (basket-ball)
1970 - 2017
René Auguste Constantin de Renneville
1650 - 1723
Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps
1794 - 1867
Maeva Danois
Born 1993
Charles Vissières
1880 - 1960
Jean-Loup Rivière
1948 - 2018
Gervais de La Rue
1751 - 1835
Denis Perez
Born 1965
Thierry Lepaon
Born 1960
Guillaume Massieu
1665 - 1722
Yohann Eudeline
Born 1982
William, Count of Évreux
Died 1118
Étienne Mélingue
1807 - 1875
Romain Inez
Born 1988
Gaël Duval
Born 1973
Stephen Delancey
1663 - 1741
Renée Héribel
1903 - 1952
Claude Couffon
1926 - 2013
Stephen Brun
Born 1980
Pierre Ragues
Born 1984
Jean Daligault
1899 - 1945
François de Cauvigny de Colomby
1588 - 1648
Marie-Agnès Gillot
Born 1975
Germain Morin
1861 - 1946
Robert Constantin
1530 - 1605
Catherine Rihoit
Born 1950
Gaël Horellou
Born 1975
Fabrice Catherine
Born 1973
Charles Eschard
1748 - 1810
Stéphan Barron
Born 1961
Marie Le Rochois
1650 - 1728
Victor Levasseur (cartographer)
1800 - 1870
Andrew Ducarel
1713 - 1785
Jacques Clinchamps de Malfilâtre
1732 - 1767
Patrick Verbeke
Born 1949
Augustin de Saffray de Mésy
1598 - 1665
Jessy Deminguet
Born 1998
Louis Ricard
1839 - 1921
Antoine Le Métel d'Ouville
1590 - 1656
Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge
1767 - 1826
Pierre Bouet
Born 1937
Emmanuel Jouanne
1960 - 2008
Fabrice Le Vigoureux
Born 1969
Alban Lefranc
Born 1975
Desfontaines-Lavallée
1733 - 1825
Hyacinthe Robillard d'Avrigny
1675 - 1719
Jean-Jacques Boisard
1744 - 1833
René Le Somptier
1884 - 1950
Benjamin Morel
Born 1987
Emmanuel Bex
Born 1959
Sonia de La Provôté
Born 1968
Jacques de Sores
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Eugène Eudes-Deslongchamps
1830 - 1889
Corinne Féret
Born 1961
Anne-Louise Élie de Beaumont
1729 - 1783
Pascal Théault
Born 1956
Christophe Desjardins
1962 - 2020
Adèle Euphrasie Barbier
1829 - 1893
Fakear
Born 1991
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
Born 1937
Charles-Hippolyte Pouthas
1886 - 1974
Aurélie Ghika
1820 - 1904
François Henri Turpin
1709 - 1799
Patrice Goueslard
Born 1965
Antoine Le Bailly
1756 - 1832
Jonathan Janil
Born 1987
Isabelle Beauruelle
1968 - 2018
Christophe Blanchet
Born 1973
Alexandre Étienne Choron
1837 - 1924
Jean-Sébastien Simonoviez
Born 1966
Jules Lair
1836 - 1907
Pascal Pierre
Born 1968
Philippe Bruneau (acteur)
1938 - 2012
Charles Haguenauer
1896 - 1976
Bernard Stirn
Born 1952
Jean-Michel Besnier
Born 1950
Cyrille Korolevskij
1878 - 1959
Eustache Restout
1655 - 1743
Claire Salomon-Bayet
1932 - 2016
Jean I Restout
1666 - 1702
Étienne Le Moine
1624 - 1689
Robert Angot de L'Éperonnière
1581 - 1646
Jacques Moisant de Brieux
1611 - 1674
Arnaud Guillon
Born 1964
Jacques Restout
1650 - 1701
Matthias Jouan
Born 1984
Brandon Agounon
Born 1994
Brigitte Simon-Glinel
Born 1956
Gaspard Michel
1738 - 1809
Nicolas Lefrançois (cyclist)
Born 1987
Marc Restout
1616 - 1684
Philippe Legorjus
Born 1951
Pascal Gaigne
Born 1958
Lyli Herse
1928 - 2018
Auguste Jean Baptiste Lechesne
1815 - 1888
Guy Lefrand
Born 1963
René Dugas
1897 - 1957
Christophe Desbouillons
Born 1958
Marek Kwiatkowski
1930 - 2016
Daniel Juré
Born 1957
Fabien Taillefer
Born 1989
Jean-Pierre Lehman
1914 - 1981
Elsa Lepoivre
Born 1972
Henri de Bernières
1635 - 1700
Christophe Monniot
Born 1970
Jean-Paul Auffray
Born 1926
Ingrid Tanqueray
Born 1988
Charles Guilbert
Born 1972
Ivan Messac
Born 1948
Charles-Gabriel Porée
1685 - 1770
Emmanuel Chaunu
Born 1966
Jean-François Boisard
1762 - 1821
André Graindorge
1616 - 1676
Tébo
Born 1972
Michel Aumont (clarinettiste)
1957 - 2020
Victor Levasseur
1772 - 1811
Thomas Bosmel
Born 1988
Quentin Valognes
Born 1996
Roger Viel
1902 - 1981
Corinne Lagache
Born 1975
Egmont von Chasôt
1716 - 1797
Johan Gallon
Born 1978
Paul Reulet
Born 1994
Leïla Aouchal
Born 1936
Georges-Jacques Gatine
1773 - 1824
Éric Le Nabour
Born 1960
Bruno Romy
Born 1958
Thierry Geffrotin
Born 1956
Pierre Joseph
Born 1965
Stéphane Yonnet
Born 1976
Yves Demay
-
Laurent Lefrançois
Born 1974
Stéphane Nonnenmacher
Born 1972
Alain Genestar
Born 1950
Agnès Gosselin
Born 1967
Frédéric Belinsky
Born 1974
Hubert Viel
Born 1980
Simon Léturgie
Born 1974
Louis-Claude Malbranche
1790 - 1838
Virginie Sauveur
Born 1976
Mathieu Hamel
Born 1972
Christine Groult
Born 1950
Gérard Rabaey
Born 1948
Pierre de Vanssay de Blavous
1869 - 1947
Robert Jardillier
1890 - 1945
Brigitte Coppin
Born 1955
Georges Bouet
1817 - 1890
Philippe Le Sueur de Petiville
1607 - 1657
Françoise Joly
Born 1956
Alphonse Dubois de Saligny
1809 - 1888
Charlotte Clasis
1891 - 1974
Adrien Clemenceau
Born 1988
Jacques Simon Amand Suriray
1769 - 1846
Francine Best
Born 1931
Jacques Marie (footballer)
1945 - 1999
Samy-Oyame Mawene
Born 1984
Yannick Bonnec
Born 1953
Pierre Michel Moisson-Desroches
1785 - 1865
Guillaume Quellier
Born 1986
Élodie Tirel
Born 1972
Edmond Bacot
1814 - 1875
René Menzies
1889 - 1971
Michel Gigon
Born 1929
Charles de Bourgueville
1504 - 1593
Honorina
Died 303
Jean-Baptiste Moulin
1754 - 1794
Jean-Pascal Dubost
Born 1963
René Herse
1908 - 1976
Joseph Lecornu
1864 - 1931
Bertrand Beyern
Born 1966
Sophie de Renneville
1772 - 1822
Anna Lemarchand
Born 2002
René-Norbert Sauvage
1882 - 1955
Julie Judd
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Milan Mauger
Born 1986
Simon Hureau
Born 1977
Guillaume Gosselin
Died 1590
Henri Elouis
1755 - 1840
Raymond Villey
1913 - 1999
Ovida Delect
1926 - 1996
Jean-François Prat
1942 - 2011
Cédric Duchesne
Born 1975
Christophe Duboscq
Born 1967
Thomas Restout
1671 - 1754
Anne-Gaëlle Retout
Born 1980
Jacques Leneuf de La Poterie
1604 - 1687
Gabriel de Cussy
1739 - 1793
Charles Le Cène
1647 - 1703
Claude-Yves Gosselin
Born 1961
Pierre Gillette
-
Fernand Hue
1846 - 1895
Georges Jules Moteley
1865 - 1923
Marie Jaffredo
Born 1966
Jacques-François Artur
1708 - 1779
Jack Leconte
Born 1959
François Tanguy
Born 1958
Jean Vidalenc
1912 - 1986
Fernand Engerand
1867 - 1938
Louis Henri Monin
1809 - 1866
Odile Bouhier
Born 1970
Hamdi Hadda
Born 1969
Christian Déséglise
Born 1963
Jacques-Guy Lentaigne de Logivière
1769 - 1839
Amédée Renée
1808 - 1859
Jean-Louis Guillaud
1929 - 2015
Jean-Pierre Eustache
1930 - 2014
Élodie Guezou
Born 1987
Samuel Lobé
Born 1967
Mélanie Guilbert
1780 - 1828
François-Anastase Adam de La Pommeraye
1779 - 1832
Benjamin de Lajarte
Born 1972
Noël Le Boyer
1883 - 1967