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CLERMONT-FERRAND

Most Famous People Born in Clermont-Ferrand, France

Notable people
467
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1936
Most distinctive
Prelate 8.8×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Clermont-Ferrand during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Clermont-Ferrand Is Known For

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Politician is Clermont-Ferrand's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (63).

Clermont-Ferrand over-indexes on prelate8.8× the global rate.

Clermont-Ferrand under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician63
  2. Football27
  3. Actor24
  4. Player23
  5. Writer22
  6. Painter13
  7. Basket12
  8. Journalist11
  1. Prelate78.8×
  2. Driver64.1×
  3. Wrestler64.0×
  4. Philosopher53.0×
  5. Player232.5×
  6. Sculptor72.3×
  7. Basket122.0×
  8. Poet91.9×
  1. Football270.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Clermont-Ferrand's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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467 notable people

0001 MATHEMATICIAN

Blaise Pascal

1623 - 1662

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0002 BISHOP

Gregory of Tours

538 - 594

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0003 ACTOR

Lolo Ferrari

1963 - 2000

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0004 WRITER

Nicolas Chamfort

1741 - 1794

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0005 ARCHITECT

Dominique Perrault

Born 1953

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0006 EMPEROR

Avitus

395 - 457

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0007 COMPOSER

George Onslow (composer)

1784 - 1853

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0008 ACTOR

Henri Vidal

1919 - 1959

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0009 FOOTBALL

Laure Boulleau

Born 1986

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0010 POET

Jacques Delille

1738 - 1813

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0011 SPORT

Raphaël Géminiani

Born 1925

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0012 LAWYER

Jean Domat

1625 - 1696

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0013 PHILOSOPHER

Antonin Sertillanges

1863 - 1948

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0014 PIANIST

Antoine François Marmontel

1816 - 1898

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0015 POLITICIAN

Fadela Amara

Born 1964

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0016 ACTOR

Cecilia Vega

Born 1977

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0017 ENTREPRENEUR

Georges Besse

1927 - 1986

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0018 OLYMPIC

Gabriella Papadakis

Born 1995

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0019 ENTREPRENEUR

Édouard Michelin (industrialist)

1859 - 1940

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0020 ACTOR

Fernand Raynaud

1926 - 1973

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0021 POET

Jacqueline Pascal

1625 - 1661

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0022 RACER

Christian Sarron

Born 1955

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0023 BUSINESS

François Michelin

1926 - 2015

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0024 POET

Antoine-Léonard Thomas

1732 - 1785

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0025 FOOTBALL

Sylvain Legwinski

Born 1973

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0026 COMPOSER

François-Bernard Mâche

Born 1935

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0027 POLITICIAN

Michèle Delaunay

Born 1947

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0028 THEATRE

Jacques Lassalle

1936 - 2018

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0029 ART HISTORIAN

Anne Pingeot

Born 1943

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0030 MATHEMATICIAN

Étienne Pascal

1588 - 1651

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0031 POLITICIAN

André Chassaigne

Born 1950

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0032 ACADEMIC

Georges Nivat

Born 1935

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0033 RACER

Patrick Depailler

1944 - 1980

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0034 ENTREPRENEUR

Édouard Michelin (born 1963)

1963 - 2006

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0035 FOOTBALL

Jordan Lotiès

Born 1984

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0036 SKATER

Isabelle Delobel

Born 1978

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0037 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Maurice Nivat

1937 - 2017

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0038 FILM

Thomas Cailley

Born 1980

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0039 TROUBADOUR

Peire d'Alvernhe

1130 - 1168

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0040 MONK

Jean de la Cassière

1503 - 1581

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0041 POLITICIAN

Étienne Clémentel

1864 - 1936

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0042 MILITAR

Henri Mordacq

1868 - 1943

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0043 FOOTBALL

Alain Casanova

Born 1961

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0044 MIDWIFE

Angélique du Coudray

1712 - 1794

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0045 COUNT

Louis-Emmanuel d'Angoulême

1596 - 1653

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0046 WRITER

Abdennour Bidar

Born 1971

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0047 SPORT

Rémi Cavagna

Born 1995

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0048 ACTOR

Roland Lesaffre

1927 - 2009

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0049 ARCHITECT

Georges-Henri Pingusson

1894 - 1978

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0050 POLITICIAN

Pierre Juquin

Born 1930

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0051 SPORT

Damien Monier

Born 1982

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0052 WRITER

François Taillandier

Born 1955

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0053 POLITICIAN

François Dominique de Reynaud, Comte de Montlosier

1755 - 1838

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0054 COMPOSER

Antoine de Lhoyer

1768 - 1852

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0055 ACTOR

Marie-Françoise Audollent

1943 - 2008

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0056 FEMINIST

Paule Mink

1839 - 1901

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0057 POLITICIAN

Christian Paul (politician)

Born 1960

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0058 SKIER

Gauthier de Tessières

Born 1981

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0059 HISTORIAN

Christian Ingrao

Born 1970

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0060 GEOGRAPHER

Émile-Félix Gautier

1864 - 1940

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0061 WRITER

Henriette Bichonnier

1943 - 2018

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0062 POLITICIAN

Jacques-Antoine Dulaure

1755 - 1835

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0063 JOURNALIST

André Chaumeix

1874 - 1955

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0064 BASKET

Isabelle Fijalkowski

Born 1972

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0065 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques de Peretti

Born 1946

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0066 BUSINESS

Didier Lombard

Born 1942

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0067 PRIEST

Jacques Loew

1908 - 1999

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0068 FENCER

Yves Dreyfus

Born 1931

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0069 HISTORIAN

Albert Malet (historian)

1864 - 1915

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0070 FEMINIST

Hélène Brion

1882 - 1962

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0071 FOOTBALL

Kévin das Neves

Born 1986

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0072 ACTOR

Jean-Pierre Malo

Born 1951

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0073 PHYSICIAN

Jacques Marescaux

Born 1948

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0074 TROUBADOUR

Peire Rogier

1145 - 1197

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0075 CHEMIST

Marie Pasteur

1826 - 1910

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0076 POLE VAULTER

Philippe d'Encausse

Born 1967

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0077 MILITAR

Gilbert Motier de La Fayette

1380 - 1464

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0078 ACTOR

Christiane Cohendy

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0079 ENGINEER

Louis Mékarski

1843 - 1923

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0080 ATHLETE

Audrey Merle

Born 1995

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0081 ACTOR

Grégory Gatignol

Born 1988

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0082 INVENTOR

Fernand Forest

1851 - 1914

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0083 PRIEST

Nicetius

513 - 566

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0084 PRIEST

Pierre Giraud (cardinal)

1791 - 1850

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0085 RACER

Jean-Louis Tournadre

Born 1958

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0086 LINGUIST

Gabriel Girard (priest)

1677 - 1748

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0087 POLITICIAN

Michel Pouzol

Born 1962

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0088 POLITICIAN

Pierre Morange

Born 1956

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0089 LAWYER

Alexandre Varenne

1870 - 1947

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0090 MATHEMATICIAN

Joseph Pérès

1890 - 1962

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0091 WRITER

Jean-Luc Seigle

Died 2020

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0092 ROWER

Cédric Berrest

Born 1985

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0093 WRESTLER

Audrey Prieto

Born 1980

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0094 POLITICIAN

Michel Havard

Born 1967

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0095 BOTANIST

Antoine Delarbre

1724 - 1807

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0096 ENGINEER

Marius Lavet

1894 - 1980

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0097 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Louis Malleret

1901 - 1970

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0098 WRITER

Éric Laurrent

Born 1966

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0099 SINGER

Daphné (singer)

Born 1974

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0100 POLITICIAN

Danielle Auroi

Born 1944

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0101 POLITICIAN

Christine Lazerges

Born 1943

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0102 NUN

Marguerite Périer

1646 - 1733

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0103 FOOTBALL

Mathias Pereira Lage

Born 1996

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0104 SCULPTOR

Raymond Gayrard

1807 - 1855

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0105 WRITER

Marc'O

Born 1927

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0106 PLAYER

Christophe Samson

Born 1984

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0107 PLAYER

Romain Martial

Born 1984

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0108 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alain Keler

Born 1945

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0109 POLITICIAN

Alain Néri

Born 1942

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0110 POLITICIAN

Henri Longchambon

1896 - 1969

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0111 POLITICIAN

Michel Fanget

Born 1950

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0112 BOXER

Émile Pladner

1906 - 1980

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0113 FOOTBALL

Philippe Raschke

Born 1967

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0114 HISTORIAN

Mireille Cébeillac-Gervasoni

1942 - 2017

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0115 SCULPTOR

Léonard Morel-Ladeuil

1820 - 1888

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0116 PLAYER

Julien Bardy

Born 1986

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0117 ARTIST

Jean Gaudin (glass artist)

1879 - 1954

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0118 MAGISTRAT

Jean Savaron

1566 - 1622

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0119 POLITICIAN

Odile Saugues

Born 1943

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0120 WRITER

Claude Faraggi

1942 - 1991

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0121 PAINTER

Franc-Lamy

1855 - 1919

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0122 FOOTBALL

Mamadou Diawara

Born 1989

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0123 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Henri Pognon

1853 - 1921

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0124 FOOTBALL

Bernard Gardon

Born 1951

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0125 SAILOR

Marcel Bardiaux

1910 - 2000

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0126 AUTHOR

Martine Blanc

Born 1944

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0127 POLE VAULTER

Marie Poissonnier

Born 1979

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0128 ARCHER

Gaël Prévost

Born 1994

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0129 COMPOSER

Henri Quittard

1864 - 1919

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0130 WRITER

Jean-Paul Demure

Born 1941

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0131 SCULPTOR

Joé Descomps-Cormier

1869 - 1950

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0132 SINGER

Léon Melchissédec

1843 - 1925

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0133 WRITER

Ingrid Astier

Born 1976

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0134 PHYSICIAN

Gilbert Breschet

1784 - 1845

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0135 HANDBALL

Grégoire Detrez

Born 1981

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0136 PHYSICIAN

Victor Pachon

1867 - 1938

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0137 JOURNALIST

Jean Robin (éditeur)

Born 1978

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0138 PLAYER

Anthony Floch

Born 1983

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0139 ATHLETE

Marion Lorblanchet

Born 1983

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0140 PSYCHOANALYST

Annie Anzieu

1924 - 2019

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0141 POET

Gilles Durant de la Bergerie

1554 - 1614

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0142 SNOWBOARD

Manon Petit-Lenoir

Born 1998

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0143 LITERARY

Claude Bonnefoy

1929 - 1979

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0144 PRELATE

Privat de Mende

Died 255

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0145 NOVELIST

Thierry Laget

Born 1959

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0146 NOVELIST

Cécile Coulon

Born 1990

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0147 ACTOR

Dumaniant

1752 - 1828

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0148 POET

Jean Sanitas

1927 - 2016

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0149 ESSAYIST

Daniel Lindenberg

1940 - 2018

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0150 COMPOSER

Claude Carrère

1930 - 2014

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0151 CHESS

Jean-Luc Chabanon

Born 1971

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0152 SPORT

Sébastien Fournet-Fayard

Born 1985

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0153 HISTORIAN

Arlette Jouanna

Born 1936

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0154 ECONOMIST

Edmond Giscard d'Estaing

1893 - 1981

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0155 HISTORIAN

Louis Michel de Boissy

1725 - 1788

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0156 STATISTICIAN

Alfred Legoyt

1812 - 1885

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0157 ACADEMIC

Pierre Martino

1880 - 1953

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0158 PAINTER

Charles Berny d'Ouvillé

1775 - 1842

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0159 ACTOR

Jimmy Tavares

Born 1984

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0160 ACTOR

Jean-Pierre Leclerc

1949 - 2011

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0161 SCIENTIFIQUE

Gilberte Périer

1620 - 1685

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0162 HARPSICHORDIST

Blandine Rannou

Born 1966

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0163 BENEDICTINE

Antoine-Joseph Mège

1625 - 1691

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0164 ACTIVIST

Roland Agret

1942 - 2016

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0165 DRIVER

Jean-Louis Rosier

1925 - 2011

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0166 FENCER

Nicolas Beaudan

Born 1975

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0167 MATHÉMATIQUES

Bernard Larrouturou

Born 1958

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0168 MATHEMATICIAN

Jean Ginibre

1938 - 2020

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0169 FRIAR

Annet de Clermont-Gessant

1587 - 1660

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0170 WRITER

François Bernard-Valville

1767 - 1828

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0171 PLAYER

William Demotte

Born 1991

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0172 PRIEST

Gal I (Bishop of Clermont)

489 - 553

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0173 CRITIC

Jean-Luc Petitrenaud

Born 1950

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0174 COMPOSER

Baudime Jam

Born 1972

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0175 ACTOR

Mounir Margoum

Born 1976

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0176 CONDUCTOR

Edmond Lemaigre

1849 - 1890

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0177 RUNNER

Nour-Eddine Gezzar

Born 1980

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0178 CHEMIST

Philibert Trudaine de Montigny

1733 - 1777

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0179 JOURNALIST

Maurice Roche

1924 - 1997

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0180 LINGUIST

Jean-Pierre Chambon (linguiste)

Born 1952

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0181 POLITICIAN

Agis-Léon Ledru

1816 - 1885

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0182 ATHLETIC

David Chaussinand

Born 1973

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0183 ESSAYIST

Olivier Clodong

Born 1968

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0184 FOOTBALL

Olivier Enjolras

Born 1971

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0185 RACER

William Costes

Born 1972

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0186 ASTRONOMER

Corinne Charbonnel

Born 1965

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0187 FOOTBALL

David Recorbet

Born 1976

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0188 POLITICIAN

Safia Lebdi

Born 1974

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0189 ACADEMIC

Gilles Dorronsoro

Born 1962

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0190 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Antoine Blatin

1841 - 1911

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0191 SPORT

Florent Pereira

Born 1993

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0192 PRIEST

Praejectus

625 - 676

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0193 DRIVER

Émile Mayade

1853 - 1898

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0194 COMPOSER

Guillaume Despréaux

Born 1803

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0195 ESSAYIST

François Devoucoux du Buysson

Born 1973

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0196 PHILOSOPHER

Daniel Bougnoux

Born 1943

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0197 ACTOR

Dorylia Calmel

Born 1977

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0198 PLAYER

Vincent Roux (rugby à XV)

Born 1984

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0199 MILITAR

Émile Coulaudon

1907 - 1977

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0200 BASKET

Stéphane Lauvergne

Born 1968

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0201 METEOROLOGIST

Joël Collado

Born 1949

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0202 PLAYWRIGHT

Gilbert Léautier

Born 1945

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0203 POLITICIAN

Brice Teinturier

Born 1963

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0204 BIOGRAPHER

Marguerite Teillard-Chambon

1880 - 1959

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0205 PHILOSOPHER

Laurent Jaffro

Born 1963

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0206 ORATOR

Marcus Aper

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0207 ACTOR

Christelle Prot

Born 2001

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0208 RUNNER

Roger Cuzol

1916 - 1962

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0209 MILITAR

Louis Davout d'Auerstedt

1877 - 1958

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0210 SCREENWRITER

Patrick Prugne

Born 1961

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0211 WRITER

Jean-Pierre Fontana

Born 1939

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0212 FILM

Alex Pilot

Born 1974

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0213 SINGER

Mark Daumail

Born 1984

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0214 ECONOMIST

Hervé Defalvard

Born 1961

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0215 PLAYER

Grégoire Jacq

Born 1992

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0216 ACTOR

Marie-Thérèse Orain

Born 1935

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0217 BOXER

Salim Medjkoune

Born 1972

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0218 RUNNER

Thomas Lorblanchet

Born 1980

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0219 WRITER

Emmanuelle Pireyre

Born 1969

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0220 IMMUNOLOGIST

Jacques Leibowitch

1942 - 2020

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0221 POET

Jean de Boyssières

1555 - 1584

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0222 THÉÂTRE

Alain Degois

Born 1963

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0223 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Ambroise Tardieu (historiographe)

1840 - 1912

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0224 CLIMB

Hélène Janicot

Born 1993

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0225 ACTOR

Gábor Biedermann

Born 1979

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0226 ANTHROPOLOGIST

José Braga

Born 1967

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0227 POLITICIAN

Gabriel Montpied

1903 - 1991

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0228 BASKET

Yves Gominon

1933 - 2016

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0229 PAINTER

Christian d'Espic

1901 - 1978

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0230 SWIMMER

Marie-Laure Giraudon

Born 1972

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0231 ADVERTISING

Nicolas Bordas

Born 1960

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0232 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Robert Gessain

1907 - 1986

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0233 PRELATE

Pierre Rougeyron

1817 - 1902

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0234 ATHLETIC

Caroline Honoré

Born 1970

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0235 ACTOR

Philippe Maymat

Born 1966

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0236 JOURNALIST

Jean-Pierre Caillard

1946 - 2012

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0237 FLYING ACE

Roger Poupon

1888 - 1976

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0238 PHILOSOPHER

Pierre Ganne

1904 - 1979

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0239 ATHLETIC

Roger Pelé

1901 - 1982

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0240 HISTORIAN

Amédée Gasquet

1852 - 1914

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0241 FOOTBALL

Adrien Pagerie

Born 1992

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0242 NOVELIST

Benjamin Faucon

Born 1983

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0243 SINGER

Morgane Imbeaud

Born 1984

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0244 ACTOR

André Degaine

1926 - 2010

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0245 ESCALADE

Laurence Guyon

Born 1970

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0246 WRESTLER

Brigitte Siffert

Born 1962

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0247 BUSINESS

François David (administrateur)

Born 1941

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0248 BASKET

Philippe Braud (basket-ball)

Born 1985

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0249 WRITER

François Beaune

Born 1978

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0250 ACTOR

Maurice Gardett

1922 - 1996

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0251 JOURNALIST

Pierre Borhan

Born 1947

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0252 JOURNALIST

Élise Chassaing

Born 1979

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0253 POET

Gérard Mourgue

1921 - 1995

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0254 PAINTER

Jules Chadel

1870 - 1941

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0255 POLITICIAN

Antoine Blatin

1769 - 1846

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0256 COMPOSER

Charlie Nguyen Kim

Born 1980

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0257 FONCTIONNAIRE

Amédée Bussière

1886 - 1953

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0258 PLAYER

Xavier Sadourny

Born 1977

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0259 FOOTBALL

Alain Ollier

Born 1957

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0260 POLITICIAN

Maurice Pourchon

1936 - 1995

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0261 FOOTBALL

Claude Michy

Born 1949

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0262 EGYPTOLOGIST

Maxence de Chalvet

1849 - 1891

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0263 POLITICIAN

Gilbert Belin

1927 - 2020

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0264 POLITICIAN

Henry Andraud

1895 - 1949

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0265 WRITER

Joseph-Louis Sanciaume

1903 - 1976

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0266 ORGANIST

Jean-Paul Imbert

Born 1942

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0267 MISSING

Charles-Antoine-Claude de Chazerat

1728 - 1824

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0268 ARCHIVIST

Gérard Naud

1935 - 2010

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0269 SOLDIER

Pierre Galopin

1932 - 1975

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0270 DIPLOMAT

André Artonne

1882 - 1957

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0271 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Alphonse Vinatié

1924 - 2005

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0272 ACTOR

Magdeleine Bérubet

1884 - 1970

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0273 WRESTLER

Chakir Ansari

Born 1991

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0274 FILM

Gérard Guillaume

1931 - 2015

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0275 PRIEST

Guillaume Sembel

1883 - 1964

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0276 ARTIST

Étienne Thevenot

1797 - 1862

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0277 WRESTLER

Thierry Bourdin

Born 1962

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0278 PENCILLER

Dominique Hérody

Born 1957

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0279 WRESTLER

Meryem Selloum

Born 1983

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0280 PHILOSOPHER

Gilbert Maire

1887 - 1958

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0281 FOOTBALL

Jacques Poulain

1932 - 2017

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0282 JOURNALIST

Axel de Tarlé

Born 1970

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0283 JOURNALIST

Michel Cressole

1948 - 1995

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0284 SWIMMER

Sylvain Cros

Born 1980

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0285 COUNT

Apollinaris of Clermont

Died 515

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0286 ATHLETIC

Michel Soalhat

1875 - 1915

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0287 POLITICIAN

Jean-Michel Flandin

1909 - 1969

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0288 BUSINESS

Étienne Michelin

1898 - 1932

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0289 ACADEMIC

René Marache

1914 - 1993

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0290 SINGER

Edwin Crossley-Mercer

Born 1982

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0291 HISTORIAN

Jean Coste

1926 - 1994

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0292 PRELATE

Antoine-Girard de La Bournat

1656 - 1702

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0293 PRESENTER

Frédérique Courtadon

Born 1970

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0294 DRIVER

Georges Groine

Born 1934

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0295 SINGER

Rose Hreidmarr

Born 1977

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0296 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Henry Blanc (illustrateur)

1921 - 2013

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0297 PLAYER

Michel Boucheron

1903 - 1940

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0298 POET

Franck André Jamme

1947 - 2020

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0299 POLITICIAN

Claude Alexis Mabru

1755 - 1801

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0300 WRITER

Charles Albert de Moré de Pontgibaud

1758 - 1837

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