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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Robert de Bracquemont
1340 - 1419
Alfred de Liesville
1836 - 1885
Jean-Marc Brûlé
Born 1965
Guillaume Le Roy
1610 - 1684
Karine Gautard-Roussel
Born 1984
Didier Sénécal
Born 1954
Stéphane Plancque
Born 1961
Amédée de Bourmont
1860 - 1901
Isabelle Guillot
Born 1961
Loïc Letellier
Born 1976
Franck Marchis
Born 1973
Georges Mancel
1811 - 1862
Jean-Christophe Raufflet
Born 1967
François Grimal
Born 1945
Louise Boitard
1907 - 2001
Vincent Sorel
Born 1985
Pierre Henri Allix
1904 - 1960
Alfred Guillard
1810 - 1880
Paul Cabouat
1888 - 1983
Bernard Lechevalier
Born 1929
Frédérique Lorient
Born 1967
André-Marie Gossart
1889 - 1961
Malo'
Born 1994
Maurice-Charles Renard
1888 - 1973
Émmeline Mainguy
Born 1988
Pierre-Aimé Lair
1769 - 1853
Louis Doynel de Saint-Quentin
1850 - 1928
Émile Travers
1840 - 1913
Albert Pierjac
Born 1918
Marc Girault (cryptologue)
Born 1955
Christophe Le Grix
Born 1973
Jacques de Cahaignes
1548 - 1612
Georges Bayeux
1752 - 1792
Pierre Dutot
Born 1946
Alexander Nelson Hansell
1857 - 1940
Pierre-Antoine Devin
Born 1985
Léon Fallue
1795 - 1868
Clément Fouquerel
Born 1990
Jeanne Boucourechliev-Bayet
1930 - 2013
Jean Villey
1885 - 1948
Charles-Claude de Montigny
1744 - 1818
Georges Hippolyte Le Sénécal
1767 - 1836
Alphonse Le Flaguais
1805 - 1861
Marc Louise
1949 - 2013
Pascal Françoise
Born 1958
Nicolas Jossier
Born 1976
Pierre Patrix
1583 - 1671
Gérard Moignet
1912 - 1978
Alain Hopquin
Born 1952
Mathieu Bayeux
1692 - 1777
Wilfrid Lucas
1882 - 1976
Pierrick Maïa
Born 1967
Jean-Baptiste Le Mascrier
1697 - 1760
Jean-Louis Quermonne
Born 1927
Ernest Flandin
1868 - 1943
Edme Lesauvage
1778 - 1852
Jean de Bougy
1617 - 1658
Gilles Macé
1586 - 1637
Marie-Pauline Soyer
1786 - 1871
Vincent Nouzille
Born 1958
Nathalie Rihouet
Born 1965
Julian Cherel
Born 1983
Charles-Auguste-Esprit-Rose Blutel
1757 - 1806
Éric Varin
Born 1976
Luc Chauvel
Born 1975
Pierre-Olivier Deschamps
Born 1957
Jacques Graindorge
1614 - 1659
Michel-Louis Lamy
1728 - 1800
Morgane Moré
Born 1984
Archange Louis Rioult-Davenay
1768 - 1809
Jacqueline Leiner
1921 - 2008
François Aubey
Born 1960
Marie-Caroline Quillet
1794 - 1867
Louis le Pecq de la Clôture
1736 - 1804
Brice Chauvel
Born 1979
Eugène d'Hautefeuille
1779 - 1846
Charles Woinez
1814 - 1878
Christophe Lechevallier
Born 1965
Raphaël Faure
Born 1993
Charles Danne
1866 - 1947
Belinda M'Boma
Born 1982
Christian Borel
Born 1956
Sigrid Renaud
Born 1978
Charles-Ernest Paulmier
1848 - 1907
Erwan Dujardin
Born 1994
Jean Rouxel (1530-1586)
1530 - 1586
Léon Descharmes
1834 - 1916
Dominique Robert
Born 1952
Pierre Denis
Born 1964
Léonard Gille
1904 - 1971
Raphäl Yem
Born 1981
Arnaud Hascoët
Born 1986
Yvan Roy
Born 1944
Adrien Liais
1839 - 1907
Louis Victor Bodard
1765 - 1799
Yohann Carpentier
Born 1985
François Hervé de Saint-Germain
1803 - 1885
Abel Le Creps
1787 - 1850
François Barbey
Born 1980
Mickaël Babin
Born 1970
Emmanuel Orceau de Fontette
1805 - 1887
Charles Lemarquier
1870 - 1951
Félix Person
1795 - 1876
Charles Margueritte
1913 - 2002
Louis Le Forestier
1784 - 1857
Victor Billiard
1864 - 1952
Jean-Jacques Salmon
1759 - 1823
Christophe Leloil
Born 1973
Frédéric Gabriel (homme politique)
1909 - 1984
Maurice Tastemain
1878 - 1944
Jacques-Louis Chatry de Lafosse
1776 - 1854
Guillaume Boudin de Tromelin
1798 - 1875
René Perrotte
1855 - 1936
Étienne Plateau
Born 1986
David Girandière
Born 1974
Yannick Guillou
Born 1937
Abel Vautier
1796 - 1863
Pierre de Cardonnel (imprimeur)
1614 - 1667
Marc-Antoine de Malherbe
1600 - 1627
Paul Toutain
1838 - 1916
Louis de Saint-Pierre
1810 - 1890
Alexis Gomane
Born 1981
François Kermoal
Born 1957
René Fleury
1889 - 1975
Sébastien Canonne
Born 1968
Marcel Fleury (homme politique)
1879 - 1957
Jules Gastambide
1846 - 1944
Henry de Magneville
1771 - 1847
Eugène Garsonnet
1841 - 1899
Alexis Trégarot
Born 1968
Thomas Vancaeyezeele
Born 1994
Alexis Auguste Raphaël Hagron
1845 - 1909
Mélanie Biémont
Born 1976
Adolphe Le Boucher
1837 - 1896
Gabriel de La Fosse
1779 - 1848
Justine Lefebvre
Born 1987
Arsène-Hippolyte Rivey
1838 - 1903
Éric Lefol
1960 - 2012
Jacques Chauveau
1925 - 2003
Pierre-Jacques-Samuel Chatry-Lafosse
1737 - 1814
Guy Chaumet
1913 - 1980
Benjamin Lentaigne
Born 1773
Robert de La Porte
Died 1379
Moïse Vauquelin
1650 - 1670
Gabriel Moisson de Vaux
1742 - 1802
Stéfan Caza
Born 1976
Pierre Bennett
Born 1987
Léon Thomine Desmazures
1804 - 1869
Pascal Periz
Born 1961
Adrien Le Page
1838 - 1913
Georges de Mathan
1771 - 1840
Pierre Lenormand
1765 - 1824
Jean-Baptiste d'Aigremont de Saint-Manvieu
1761 - 1837
Charles de Tilly
1775 - 1855
Jacques Pierre Varin
1745 - 1823
Pierre du Val
1500 - 1558
Constantin-Guy Le Gonidec de Penlan
1764 - 1855
François-Jacques Ducellier
1726 - 1801
Thomas Bressel
Born 1977
François-Joseph Quesnot
1765 - 1805
Edmond Henry (homme politique)
1839 - 1905
Louis-Armand-Alexandre Cœuret de Nesle
1803 - 1879
Jean-Baptiste Thil
1781 - 1849
Cedric Segeon
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Thomas Gauvin
1984 - 2011
Lionel Le Falher
1957 - 2008
Charles-Nicolas Desmoueux
1728 - 1801
Auguste Donnet
1797 - 1875
Arthur Thiré
1853 - 1924
Paul Rose (résistant)
1917 - 1945
Daniel Givone
-
Julie Legoupil
Born 1984
Marie Barbieux
Born 1991
Pierre Lair
1769 - 1830
Olivier Cinna
1972 - 2019
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
Jean-Claude de Croisilles
1654 - 1680
Louis Le Barillier
1805 - 1880
Nissim Malka
Born 1987
Charles Texier d'Hautefeuille
1770 - 1865
Patrick Malandain
Born 1960
Seb Toussaint
Born 1988
Albert Mériel
Born 1840
Jean-Baptiste Lomont
1748 - 1830
Aimé Orceau de Fontette
1763 - 1840
Daniel François
Born 1953
Philippe Delval
Born 1959
François Letellier (prêtre)
Born 1726
Louis Goujat dit Maillard
1838 - 1901
Pierre Auguste François de Burcy
1748 - 1793
Augustin Le Forestier
1786 - 1862
Cyrille Josselyn
Born 1973
Philippe Cote
1965 - 2016
Hugo Schneider
Born 1998
Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Malherbe
1712 - 1771
Isaac Anton de Sansdouville Dupuis de Sacetôt –
1662 - 1700
Pierre François Joseph Régnier
1723 - 1795
Gilles de Caen
Died 1248
Robert Macé
1503 - 1563
Agnès Sainte-Croix
Born 1957
Nicolas Petit
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Pierre-Marcel Rousselin
1788 - 1863
Matthieu Maheust de Vaucouleurs
1630 - 1700
Samir Alla
Born 1985
Judith Gigault de Bellefonds
1611 - 1691