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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×
Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Caen during each.

What Caen Is Known For

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Politician is Caen's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (64).

Caen over-indexes on poet4.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician64
  2. Football45
  3. Poet24
  4. Actor21
  5. Writer21
  6. Painter21
  7. Historian17
  8. Hockey12
  1. Poet244.5×
  2. Historian173.1×
  3. Driver53.1×
  4. Engineer92.8×
  5. Officer92.7×
  6. Physician92.5×
  7. Mathematician62.4×
  8. Hockey122.0×

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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511 notable people

0301 MILITAR

Robert de Bracquemont

1340 - 1419

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0302 COLLECTOR

Alfred de Liesville

1836 - 1885

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0303 POLITICIAN

Jean-Marc Brûlé

Born 1965

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0304 PRIEST

Guillaume Le Roy

1610 - 1684

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0305 SPORT

Karine Gautard-Roussel

Born 1984

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0306 WRITER

Didier Sénécal

Born 1954

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0307 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Plancque

Born 1961

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0308 TEACHER

Amédée de Bourmont

1860 - 1901

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0309 RUNNER

Isabelle Guillot

Born 1961

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0310 ATHLETIC

Loïc Letellier

Born 1976

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0311 ASTRONOMER

Franck Marchis

Born 1973

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0312 LIBRARIAN

Georges Mancel

1811 - 1862

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0313 ILLUSTRATEUR

Jean-Christophe Raufflet

Born 1967

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0314 ANTHROPOLOGUE

François Grimal

Born 1945

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0315 POLITICIAN

Louise Boitard

1907 - 2001

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0316 ARTIST

Vincent Sorel

Born 1985

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0317 AFFAIRES

Pierre Henri Allix

1904 - 1960

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0318 PAINTER

Alfred Guillard

1810 - 1880

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0319 POLITICIAN

Paul Cabouat

1888 - 1983

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0320 NEUROLOGIST

Bernard Lechevalier

Born 1929

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0321 WRITER

Frédérique Lorient

Born 1967

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0322 TRADE UNION

André-Marie Gossart

1889 - 1961

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0323 SINGER

Malo'

Born 1994

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0324 WRITER

Maurice-Charles Renard

1888 - 1973

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0325 FOOTBALL

Émmeline Mainguy

Born 1988

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0326 AGRONOMIST

Pierre-Aimé Lair

1769 - 1853

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0327 POLITICIAN

Louis Doynel de Saint-Quentin

1850 - 1928

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0328 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Émile Travers

1840 - 1913

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0329 SINGER

Albert Pierjac

Born 1918

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0330 INVENTEUR

Marc Girault (cryptologue)

Born 1955

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0331 FOOTBALL

Christophe Le Grix

Born 1973

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0332 PHYSICIAN

Jacques de Cahaignes

1548 - 1612

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0333 LAWYER

Georges Bayeux

1752 - 1792

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0334 TRUMPET

Pierre Dutot

Born 1946

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0335 ARCHITECT

Alexander Nelson Hansell

1857 - 1940

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0336 HOCKEY

Pierre-Antoine Devin

Born 1985

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0337 HISTORIAN

Léon Fallue

1795 - 1868

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0338 HOCKEY

Clément Fouquerel

Born 1990

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0339 LAWYER

Jeanne Boucourechliev-Bayet

1930 - 2013

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0340 PHYSICIST

Jean Villey

1885 - 1948

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0341 LAWYER

Charles-Claude de Montigny

1744 - 1818

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0342 OFFICER

Georges Hippolyte Le Sénécal

1767 - 1836

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0343 POET

Alphonse Le Flaguais

1805 - 1861

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0344 PAINTER

Marc Louise

1949 - 2013

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0345 FOOTBALL

Pascal Françoise

Born 1958

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0346 SKIPPER

Nicolas Jossier

Born 1976

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0347 POET

Pierre Patrix

1583 - 1671

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0348 LINGUIST

Gérard Moignet

1912 - 1978

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0349 FOOTBALL

Alain Hopquin

Born 1952

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0350 ENGINEER

Mathieu Bayeux

1692 - 1777

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0351 POET

Wilfrid Lucas

1882 - 1976

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0352 HOCKEY

Pierrick Maïa

Born 1967

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0353 AUTHOR

Jean-Baptiste Le Mascrier

1697 - 1760

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0354 PROFESSEUR

Jean-Louis Quermonne

Born 1927

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0355 POLITICIAN

Ernest Flandin

1868 - 1943

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0356 PHYSICIAN

Edme Lesauvage

1778 - 1852

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0357 OFFICER

Jean de Bougy

1617 - 1658

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0358 ASTRONOMER

Gilles Macé

1586 - 1637

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0359 ENGRAVER

Marie-Pauline Soyer

1786 - 1871

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0360 JOURNALIST

Vincent Nouzille

Born 1958

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0361 PRESENTER

Nathalie Rihouet

Born 1965

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0362 FOOTBALL

Julian Cherel

Born 1983

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0363 POLITICIAN

Charles-Auguste-Esprit-Rose Blutel

1757 - 1806

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0364 PLAYER

Éric Varin

Born 1976

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0365 HOCKEY

Luc Chauvel

Born 1975

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0366 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pierre-Olivier Deschamps

Born 1957

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0367 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Jacques Graindorge

1614 - 1659

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0368 POLITICIAN

Michel-Louis Lamy

1728 - 1800

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0369 ACTOR

Morgane Moré

Born 1984

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0370 OFFICER

Archange Louis Rioult-Davenay

1768 - 1809

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0371 ACADEMIC

Jacqueline Leiner

1921 - 2008

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0372 POLITICIAN

François Aubey

Born 1960

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0373 POET

Marie-Caroline Quillet

1794 - 1867

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0374 PHYSICIAN

Louis le Pecq de la Clôture

1736 - 1804

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0375 HOCKEY

Brice Chauvel

Born 1979

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0376 MILITAR

Eugène d'Hautefeuille

1779 - 1846

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0377 WRITER

Charles Woinez

1814 - 1878

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0378 FOOTBALL

Christophe Lechevallier

Born 1965

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0379 PLAYER

Raphaël Faure

Born 1993

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0380 ARCHITECT

Charles Danne

1866 - 1947

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0381 BASKET

Belinda M'Boma

Born 1982

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0382 FOOTBALL

Christian Borel

Born 1956

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0383 WRITER

Sigrid Renaud

Born 1978

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0384 LAWYER

Charles-Ernest Paulmier

1848 - 1907

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0385 ACTOR

Erwan Dujardin

Born 1994

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0386 POET

Jean Rouxel (1530-1586)

1530 - 1586

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0387 MILITAR

Léon Descharmes

1834 - 1916

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0388 POLITICIAN

Dominique Robert

Born 1952

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0389 BUSINESS

Pierre Denis

Born 1964

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0390 LIBÉRATION

Léonard Gille

1904 - 1971

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0391 PRESENTER

Raphäl Yem

Born 1981

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0392 HOCKEY

Arnaud Hascoët

Born 1986

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0393 FOOTBALL

Yvan Roy

Born 1944

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0394 POLITICIAN

Adrien Liais

1839 - 1907

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0395 ENGINEER

Louis Victor Bodard

1765 - 1799

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0396 PLAYER

Yohann Carpentier

Born 1985

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0397 POLITICIAN

François Hervé de Saint-Germain

1803 - 1885

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0398 POLITICIAN

Abel Le Creps

1787 - 1850

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0399 KAYAK

François Barbey

Born 1980

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0400 HOCKEY

Mickaël Babin

Born 1970

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0401 POLITICIAN

Emmanuel Orceau de Fontette

1805 - 1887

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0402 SCULPTOR

Charles Lemarquier

1870 - 1951

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0403 POLITICIAN

Félix Person

1795 - 1876

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0404 POLITICIAN

Charles Margueritte

1913 - 2002

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0405 POLITICIAN

Louis Le Forestier

1784 - 1857

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0406 PAINTER

Victor Billiard

1864 - 1952

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0407 OFFICER

Jean-Jacques Salmon

1759 - 1823

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0408 TRUMPET

Christophe Leloil

Born 1973

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0409 POLITICIAN

Frédéric Gabriel (homme politique)

1909 - 1984

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0410 PAINTER

Maurice Tastemain

1878 - 1944

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0411 OFFICER

Jacques-Louis Chatry de Lafosse

1776 - 1854

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0412 POLITICIAN

Guillaume Boudin de Tromelin

1798 - 1875

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0413 POLITICIAN

René Perrotte

1855 - 1936

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0414 BASKET

Étienne Plateau

Born 1986

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0415 BASKET

David Girandière

Born 1974

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0416 PUBLISHER

Yannick Guillou

Born 1937

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0417 POLITICIAN

Abel Vautier

1796 - 1863

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0418 POET

Pierre de Cardonnel (imprimeur)

1614 - 1667

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0419 POET

Marc-Antoine de Malherbe

1600 - 1627

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0420 POLITICIAN

Paul Toutain

1838 - 1916

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0421 POLITICIAN

Louis de Saint-Pierre

1810 - 1890

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0422 HOCKEY

Alexis Gomane

Born 1981

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0423 JOURNALIST

François Kermoal

Born 1957

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0424 SPORT

René Fleury

1889 - 1975

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0425 CHEF

Sébastien Canonne

Born 1968

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0426 POLITICIAN

Marcel Fleury (homme politique)

1879 - 1957

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0427 BUSINESS

Jules Gastambide

1846 - 1944

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0428 GEOLOGIST

Henry de Magneville

1771 - 1847

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0429 SCIENTIST

Eugène Garsonnet

1841 - 1899

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0430 JOURNALIST

Alexis Trégarot

Born 1968

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0431 FOOTBALL

Thomas Vancaeyezeele

Born 1994

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0432 OFFICER

Alexis Auguste Raphaël Hagron

1845 - 1909

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0433 KAYAK

Mélanie Biémont

Born 1976

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0434 ADMINISTRATOR

Adolphe Le Boucher

1837 - 1896

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0435 OFFICER

Gabriel de La Fosse

1779 - 1848

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0436 KAYAK

Justine Lefebvre

Born 1987

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0437 PAINTER

Arsène-Hippolyte Rivey

1838 - 1903

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0438 FOOTBALL

Éric Lefol

1960 - 2012

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0439 BUSINESS

Jacques Chauveau

1925 - 2003

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0440 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Jacques-Samuel Chatry-Lafosse

1737 - 1814

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0441 RÉSISTANT

Guy Chaumet

1913 - 1980

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0442 PHYSICIAN

Benjamin Lentaigne

Born 1773

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0443 PRELATE

Robert de La Porte

Died 1379

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0444 PRIVATEER

Moïse Vauquelin

1650 - 1670

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0445 POLITICIAN

Gabriel Moisson de Vaux

1742 - 1802

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0446 RADIO

Stéfan Caza

Born 1976

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0447 HOCKEY

Pierre Bennett

Born 1987

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0448 MISSIONARY

Léon Thomine Desmazures

1804 - 1869

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0449 SINGER

Pascal Periz

Born 1961

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0450 POLITICIAN

Adrien Le Page

1838 - 1913

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0451 CHAMBERLAIN

Georges de Mathan

1771 - 1840

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0452 POLITICIAN

Pierre Lenormand

1765 - 1824

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0453 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste d'Aigremont de Saint-Manvieu

1761 - 1837

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0454 POLITICIAN

Charles de Tilly

1775 - 1855

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0455 MISSING

Jacques Pierre Varin

1745 - 1823

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0456 PREDIGER

Pierre du Val

1500 - 1558

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0457 POLITICIAN

Constantin-Guy Le Gonidec de Penlan

1764 - 1855

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0458 POLITICIAN

François-Jacques Ducellier

1726 - 1801

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0459 GUITAR

Thomas Bressel

Born 1977

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0460 MATHEMATICIAN

François-Joseph Quesnot

1765 - 1805

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0461 POLITICIAN

Edmond Henry (homme politique)

1839 - 1905

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0462 POLITICIAN

Louis-Armand-Alexandre Cœuret de Nesle

1803 - 1879

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0463 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Thil

1781 - 1849

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0464 JOCKEY

Cedric Segeon

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0465 OFFICER

Thomas Gauvin

1984 - 2011

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0466 PAINTER

Lionel Le Falher

1957 - 2008

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0467 PHYSICIAN

Charles-Nicolas Desmoueux

1728 - 1801

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0468 POLITICIAN

Auguste Donnet

1797 - 1875

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0469 ENGINEER

Arthur Thiré

1853 - 1924

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0470 EDUCATOR

Paul Rose (résistant)

1917 - 1945

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0471 GUITAR

Daniel Givone

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0472 BASKET

Julie Legoupil

Born 1984

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0473 POLO

Marie Barbieux

Born 1991

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0474 ENGINEER

Pierre Lair

1769 - 1830

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0475 ARTIST

Olivier Cinna

1972 - 2019

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0476 POLITICIAN

Joseph Étienne Benoît Le François

1733 - 1826

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0477 POLITICIAN

Auguste Engerand

1841 - 1899

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0478 POLITICIAN

Lucien Carbon

1895 - 1979

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0479 POLITICIAN

Jacques Desclais

1801 - 1870

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0480 POLITICIAN

Henri Legoux-Longpré

1850 - 1894

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0481 POLITICIAN

Jacques Christophe Luc Mariette

1760 - 1821

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0482 POLITICIAN

Auguste Marie

1803 - 1882

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0483 PHILOLOGIST

Jean-Claude de Croisilles

1654 - 1680

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0484 POLITICIAN

Louis Le Barillier

1805 - 1880

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0485 RABBI

Nissim Malka

Born 1987

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0486 POLITICIAN

Charles Texier d'Hautefeuille

1770 - 1865

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0487 COUREUR

Patrick Malandain

Born 1960

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0488 ARTIST

Seb Toussaint

Born 1988

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0489 POLITICIAN

Albert Mériel

Born 1840

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0490 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Lomont

1748 - 1830

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0491 POLITICIAN

Aimé Orceau de Fontette

1763 - 1840

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0492 FOOTBALL

Daniel François

Born 1953

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0493 FOOTBALL

Philippe Delval

Born 1959

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0494 POLITICIAN

François Letellier (prêtre)

Born 1726

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0495 MILITAR

Louis Goujat dit Maillard

1838 - 1901

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0496 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Pierre Auguste François de Burcy

1748 - 1793

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0497 POLITICIAN

Augustin Le Forestier

1786 - 1862

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0498 ACTOR

Cyrille Josselyn

Born 1973

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0499 ACTOR

Philippe Cote

1965 - 2016

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0500 SPORT

Hugo Schneider

Born 1998

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0501 PRIEST

Jean-Baptiste-Antoine de Malherbe

1712 - 1771

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0502 BARON

Isaac Anton de Sansdouville Dupuis de Sacetôt –

1662 - 1700

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0503 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Pierre François Joseph Régnier

1723 - 1795

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0504 PRELATE

Gilles de Caen

Died 1248

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0505 PRINTER

Robert Macé

1503 - 1563

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0506 BASKET

Agnès Sainte-Croix

Born 1957

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0507 MUSHER

Nicolas Petit

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0508 LAWYER

Pierre-Marcel Rousselin

1788 - 1863

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0509 PHYSICIAN

Matthieu Maheust de Vaucouleurs

1630 - 1700

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0510 FUTSAL

Samir Alla

Born 1985

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0511 RELIGIOSA

Judith Gigault de Bellefonds

1611 - 1691

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