47.3231° N, 5.0419° E
DIJON
Most Famous People Born in Dijon, France
- Notable people
- 620
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1882
- Most distinctive
- Fencer 6.7×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Dijon during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Dijon Is Known For
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Politician is Dijon's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (78).
Dijon over-indexes on fencer — 6.7× the global rate.
Dijon under-produces football — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Dijon's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Science
- Film & TV
- Other
Gustave Eiffel
1832 - 1923
Bernard of Clairvaux
1090 - 1153
Jean-Philippe Rameau
1683 - 1764
Charles the Bold
1433 - 1477
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
1627 - 1704
Philip the Good
1396 - 1467
Claude Jade
1948 - 2006
John the Fearless
1371 - 1419
Jocelyn Quivrin
1979 - 2009
Jane Frances de Chantal
1572 - 1641
François Rude
1784 - 1855
Claude-Louis Navier
1785 - 1836
Étienne Cabet
1788 - 1856
Maurice Blondel
1861 - 1949
Vitalic
Born 1976
Roger Guillemin
Born 1924
Jacques Cazotte
1719 - 1792
Bernard Courtois
1777 - 1838
Henry Darcy
1803 - 1858
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
1717 - 1787
Thoinot Arbeau
1520 - 1595
Charles Joseph Minard
1781 - 1870
Madjid Bougherra
Born 1982
Charles de Brosses
1709 - 1777
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau
1737 - 1816
Jacques Frantz
Born 1947
Alphonse Legros
1837 - 1911
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
1674 - 1762
Henri Focillon
1881 - 1943
Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano
1763 - 1839
Claude Balbastre
1724 - 1799
Alexis Piron
1689 - 1773
Henry, Count of Portugal
1066 - 1112
François Pierre La Varenne
1618 - 1678
Joseph Jacotot
1770 - 1840
Camille Laurens
Born 1957
Théodore Simon
1873 - 1961
Anne Lauvergeon
Born 1959
Anne-Caroline Chausson
Born 1977
François Rebsamen
Born 1951
Virginie Razzano
Born 1983
Mehdi Mostefa
Born 1983
Cyrille Maret
Born 1987
Mathurin Moreau
1822 - 1912
Louis Viardot
1800 - 1883
Édouard Estaunié
1862 - 1942
Juan de Borgoña
1470 - 1534
Marcel Bataillon
1895 - 1977
Henri Bouchard
1875 - 1960
Virginie Ancelot
1792 - 1875
François Jouffroy
1806 - 1882
André-Robert Andréa de Nerciat
1739 - 1800
Jean-Baptiste Philibert Vaillant
1790 - 1872
Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne
1578 - 1621
Catherine Wilkening
Born 1963
Jérôme Golmard
1973 - 2017
François Sauvadet
Born 1953
Christine Carère
1930 - 2008
Éric Valli
Born 1952
André Lalande (philosopher)
1867 - 1963
Louis Legrand
1863 - 1951
Maurice Maréchal
1892 - 1964
Patricia Mazuy
Born 1960
Pierre Le Muet
1591 - 1669
Nathalie Boutefeu
Born 1968
Adrien Dipanda
Born 1988
Pierre-Louis Dietsch
1808 - 1865
Claudius Rich
1787 - 1821
Jean Baptiste Mathey
1630 - 1696
Alain Joyandet
Born 1954
Stéphen Liégeard
1830 - 1925
Gustave-Henri Jossot
1866 - 1951
Jean Gaudemet
1908 - 2001
Nicolas Clément
1779 - 1841
Jean-Baptiste Lallemand
1716 - 1803
Adolphe Joanne
1813 - 1881
Jean Bertholle
1909 - 1996
Anne de Xainctonge
1567 - 1621
Bernard de la Monnoye
1641 - 1728
Mehdi Bourabia
Born 1991
Laurent Ulrich
Born 1951
Jean-Pierre Leguay
Born 1939
Gaspard de Saulx
1509 - 1573
Julien Pillet
Born 1977
Jean-Philippe Lecat
1935 - 2011
Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy
1677 - 1753
Simon Foucher
1644 - 1696
Hugo Horiot
Born 1982
Abbé de Coulmier
1741 - 1818
Hippolyte Fontaine
1833 - 1910
Charles Victor Daremberg
1817 - 1872
Étienne Tabourot
1549 - 1590
Jean-Marc Boivin
1951 - 1990
Sophie Moniotte
Born 1969
Albin Roussin
1781 - 1854
André Latarjet
1877 - 1947
Bénigne Gagneraux
1756 - 1795
Luna Rival
Born 1997
Albert Marcœur
Born 1947
Éric Savin
Born 1964
Pierre Petit de Julleville
1876 - 1947
Claude Basire
1764 - 1794
Thomas Thévenoud
Born 1974
Lucien Cailliet
1891 - 1985
Yves Jamait
Born 1961
Germaine Golding
Born 1887
Paul Gasq
1860 - 1944
Henri François Delaborde
1764 - 1833
Thibaut Fauconnet
Born 1985
Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy
1386 - 1422
Mathieu Sapin
Born 1974
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1770 - 1852
Charles Chanoine
1835 - 1915
Nicolas-Philibert Adelon
1782 - 1862
Benjamin Darbelet
Born 1980
Michel Benoist
1715 - 1774
Jacques Sauvageot
1943 - 2017
Jean-Charles Brisard
Born 1968
Luc Dietrich
1913 - 1944
Georges Blondel
1856 - 1948
Hugues Aubriot
1320 - 1382
Henri Legrand du Saulle
1830 - 1886
Alban Lenoir
Born 1980
Nicolas Roze
1745 - 1819
Sophie Frémiet
1797 - 1867
Claude Ramey
1754 - 1838
Charles Bernard Desormes
1777 - 1862
Marine Debauve
Born 1988
Denis Brogniart
Born 1967
Étienne de la Vaissière
Born 1969
Georges Diebolt
1816 - 1861
Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves
1400 - 1466
Jean-Marie-Bernard Clément
1742 - 1812
Marcel Martinet
1887 - 1944
Tobias Badila
Born 1994
Anne Plichota
Born 1968
Théophile Berlier
1761 - 1844
Pierre Masson
1880 - 1959
Claudine Picardet
1735 - 1820
Marie Prouvensier
Born 1994
Pierre Henri Larcher
1726 - 1812
Jean Liebault
1535 - 1596
Pierre Magnin
1824 - 1910
Rémi Delatte
Born 1956
Boladé Apithy
Born 1985
Rachid Bourabia
Born 1985
Maurice Langeron
1874 - 1950
Étienne Binet
1569 - 1639
Anthony Guttig
Born 1988
Natalie Nougayrède
Born 1966
Marc Boutavant
Born 1970
Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande
1735 - 1793
Emmanuel Jonnier
Born 1975
Jean Nageotte
1866 - 1948
Louis Deibler
1823 - 1904
Charles de Gaulle (born 1948)
Born 1948
Antoine Bret
1717 - 1792
Edmond Debeaumarché
1906 - 1959
Auguste Moreau
1834 - 1917
Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hoin
1750 - 1817
Antoine Billot
Born 1961
Jacques-Louis de Valon
1659 - 1719
Jacques Anne Joseph Le Prestre de Vauban
1754 - 1816
Charles Brifaut
1781 - 1857
Maurice Gaidon
1928 - 2011
Robert Schnerb
1900 - 1962
Charles-Arthur Bourgeois
1838 - 1886
Alain Houpert
Born 1957
Philibert Hugonet
Died 1484
Jean Bouhier (jurist)
1673 - 1746
Paul Adolphe Rajon
1843 - 1888
Étienne Heudelet de Bierre
1770 - 1857
Pierre Rosenstiehl
1933 - 2020
Jacques Cellerier
1742 - 1814
Thierry Caens
Born 1958
Clément-Pierre Marillier
1740 - 1808
Jean-François Gilles Colson
1733 - 1803
François Chaussier
1746 - 1828
François Mauguin
1785 - 1854
Pierre Ruffey
1851 - 1928
Alain Bernardin
1916 - 1994
Ovide Yencesse
1869 - 1947
Fred Poulet
Born 1961
Nicolas Frochot
1761 - 1828
Maurice Chaper
1834 - 1896
Jean-François Durande
1732 - 1794
Étienne Destot
1864 - 1918
Yémi Apithy
Born 1989
Jean-Bernard, abbé Le Blanc
1707 - 1781
Philippe Richard (artist)
Born 1962
Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé
Born 1974
Nicolas Ritz
Born 1992
Hippolyte Moreau (sculpteur)
1832 - 1927
Louis-Victor-Emile Bougaud
1823 - 1888
Eugène Piron
1875 - 1928
Jean Mouroux
1901 - 1973
Stéphanie Bouvier
Born 1981
Charles-Marie-Étienne Champion Dubois de Nansouty
1815 - 1895
Félix Trutat
1824 - 1848
Louis Feuillard
1872 - 1941
Anatole Devosge
1770 - 1850
Henri Vincenot
1912 - 1985
Cécile Bart
Born 1958
Patrick Gérard (mathématicien)
Born 1961
Christophe Ville
Born 1963
Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre
1688 - 1781
François Gantheret
1934 - 2018
Alain Thébault
Born 1962
Ronan Gustin
Born 1987
Édouard Laguesse
1861 - 1927
Assia El Hannouni
Born 1981
Louis Léouzon Le Duc
1815 - 1889
Benjamin Noirot
Born 1980
Jacques Chérèque
1928 - 2017
Louis Morel-Retz
1825 - 1899
Jean-François Rameau
1716 - 1777
Simon Astier
Born 1983
Philippe Briones
Born 1970
Sacha Clémence
Born 1988
Charles Poisot
1822 - 1904
Hubert Clerget
1818 - 1899
Régine Veronnet
Born 1929
Isabelle Ferrer
Born 1974
Gérard Lanvin (sculpteur)
1923 - 2018
François Berland
Born 1958
Max Vachon
1908 - 1991
Jacques Simon (paysagiste)
1929 - 2015
Fabrice Brégier
Born 1961
Arnaud Brocard
Born 1986
Arnaud Gonzalez
Born 1977
Jean Lara
1922 - 2010
Rémi Saudadier
Born 1986
Denis Barberet
1714 - 1770
Claude Bernard (priest)
1588 - 1641
Jean Balthasar Tricklir
1750 - 1813
Claudette Herbster-Josland
Born 1946
Philibert de Bruillard
1765 - 1860
Cécile Haussernot
Born 1998
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
Born 1972
Jean-Baptiste Languet de Gergy
1675 - 1750
Pierre Meunier
1908 - 1996
Pierre-Isaac Poissonnier
1720 - 1798
Jean-Jacques-Joseph Debillemont
1824 - 1879
Alfred Richet
1816 - 1891
Charles Mazeau
1825 - 1905
Françoise Michaud
Born 1982
Jean Nicolas Vallot
1771 - 1860
Hilaire-Bernard de Longepierre
1659 - 1731
Damien Witecka
Born 1968
Bastien Salabanzi
Born 1985
Claude Bouhier de Lantenay
1681 - 1755
Albert Gayet
1856 - 1916
Patrick de Rousiers
Born 1955
Jean-Pierre Guézec
1934 - 1971
Aleth Guzman-Nageotte
1904 - 1978
Jean-Baptiste Radet
1752 - 1830
Gabriel Cortois de Pressigny
1745 - 1823
Gabriel-Louis Pérau
1700 - 1767
Gaston Gérard
1878 - 1969
Léonard Racle
1736 - 1791
Bernard Lanneau
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Philippe Théaudière
1942 - 2016
Philippe Manière
Born 1961
Laurent Chambertin
Born 1966
David Derepas
Born 1978
Matthias Rolland
Born 1979
Emmanuel Giroux
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Alexis Miellet
Born 1995
Max Léglise
1924 - 1996
Didier Godard
Born 1952
Jean-Baptiste-Denis Despré
1752 - 1832
Thomas Roussel (compositeur)
Born 1979
Claude-François-Marie Rigoley
1759 - 1790
John of Burgundy (bishop of Cambrai)
1404 - 1479
Claude Drigon, Marquis de Magny
1797 - 1879
Charles Eisenmann
1903 - 1980
Jean Boudriot
1921 - 2015
Louis Suquet
1873 - 1959
Philibert Papillon
1666 - 1738
Bertrand Mathieu
Born 1956
Loubna Méliane
Born 1978
Arthur Retière
Born 1997
Jean Gravier de Vergennes
1718 - 1794
Soraya Chaouch
Born 1988
Charles Gandy
1872 - 1943
Raymond Oursel
1921 - 2008
Maxime Livio
Born 1987
Michel Lefebvre
Born 1933
Sophie Dion
Born 1956
Jules Jacquot d'Andelarre
1803 - 1885
Philippe Demougeot
Born 1963
Joanny
1775 - 1849
Paul Chocarne-Moreau
1855 - 1930
Jacqueline Lalouette
Born 1945
Nicolas Grandjean
Born 1967
Dominique Pitoiset
Born 1958
Jean Berton
1906 - 1979
Marion Stoltz
Born 1990
Émile Allegret
1907 - 1990
Henry Boisseaux
1821 - 1863