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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
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Charles Longuet
1839 - 1903
Louis Gustave le Doulcet, comte de Pontécoulant
1764 - 1853
Martial de Guernon-Ranville
1787 - 1866
Jean-Luc Préel
1940 - 2015
Louis Ricard
1839 - 1921
Fabrice Le Vigoureux
Born 1969
Sonia de La Provôté
Born 1968
Corinne Féret
Born 1961
Christophe Blanchet
Born 1973
Guy Lefrand
Born 1963
Robert Jardillier
1890 - 1945
Gabriel de Cussy
1739 - 1793
Fernand Engerand
1867 - 1938
Jacques-Guy Lentaigne de Logivière
1769 - 1839
François-Anastase Adam de La Pommeraye
1779 - 1832
Jean-Marc Brûlé
Born 1965
Louise Boitard
1907 - 2001
Paul Cabouat
1888 - 1983
Louis Doynel de Saint-Quentin
1850 - 1928
Ernest Flandin
1868 - 1943
Charles-Auguste-Esprit-Rose Blutel
1757 - 1806
Michel-Louis Lamy
1728 - 1800
François Aubey
Born 1960
Dominique Robert
Born 1952
Adrien Liais
1839 - 1907
François Hervé de Saint-Germain
1803 - 1885
Abel Le Creps
1787 - 1850
Emmanuel Orceau de Fontette
1805 - 1887
Félix Person
1795 - 1876
Charles Margueritte
1913 - 2002
Louis Le Forestier
1784 - 1857
Frédéric Gabriel (homme politique)
1909 - 1984
Guillaume Boudin de Tromelin
1798 - 1875
René Perrotte
1855 - 1936
Abel Vautier
1796 - 1863
Paul Toutain
1838 - 1916
Louis de Saint-Pierre
1810 - 1890
Marcel Fleury (homme politique)
1879 - 1957
Pierre-Jacques-Samuel Chatry-Lafosse
1737 - 1814
Gabriel Moisson de Vaux
1742 - 1802
Adrien Le Page
1838 - 1913
Pierre Lenormand
1765 - 1824
Jean-Baptiste d'Aigremont de Saint-Manvieu
1761 - 1837
Charles de Tilly
1775 - 1855
Constantin-Guy Le Gonidec de Penlan
1764 - 1855
François-Jacques Ducellier
1726 - 1801
Edmond Henry (homme politique)
1839 - 1905
Louis-Armand-Alexandre Cœuret de Nesle
1803 - 1879
Jean-Baptiste Thil
1781 - 1849
Auguste Donnet
1797 - 1875
Joseph Étienne Benoît Le François
1733 - 1826
Auguste Engerand
1841 - 1899
Lucien Carbon
1895 - 1979
Jacques Desclais
1801 - 1870
Henri Legoux-Longpré
1850 - 1894
Jacques Christophe Luc Mariette
1760 - 1821
Auguste Marie
1803 - 1882
Louis Le Barillier
1805 - 1880
Charles Texier d'Hautefeuille
1770 - 1865
Albert Mériel
Born 1840
Jean-Baptiste Lomont
1748 - 1830
Aimé Orceau de Fontette
1763 - 1840
François Letellier (prêtre)
Born 1726
Augustin Le Forestier
1786 - 1862