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
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Christophe Fiatte
1967 - 2015
Bernard Poyet
1742 - 1824
Pierre Lévêque (professeur)
1927 - 2017
Jean-François Roverato
Born 1944
Laurent Touvet
Born 1962
Catherine-Joseph-Ferdinand Girard de Propiac – W
1759 - 1823
Damien Fèvre
1984 - 2016
Florian Morizot
Born 1985
Léonce Pingaud
1841 - 1923
Alain Pigeard
Born 1948
Jean Bouhier (bishop)
1666 - 1744
Télie Mathiot
Born 1987
Charles-Albert Michalet
1938 - 2007
Paule Malardot
Born 1898
Elsa Girardot
1973 - 2017
Paul Marie Gaudemet
1914 - 1998
Didier Dhennin
Born 1961
Rémy Geoffroy
Born 1963
Jean-Baptiste Gondelier
1750 - 1850
Gérard Taverdet
Born 1938
Joseph Claude Marie Charbonnel
1775 - 1846
Claude Rameau
1690 - 1761
Jacques Dumas (plongeur)
1926 - 1985
Guy Chambelland
1927 - 1996
Jean-Chrétien de Macheco de Prémeaux
1697 - 1771
Christophe Julien
Born 1972
Noël Clément-Janin
1862 - 1947
Basile Leroux
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André Cœuroy
1891 - 1976
Jean Lavallé
1820 - 1880
Bernard Michel (compositeur)
1919 - 1992
Christian Allard
Born 1964
Chantal Lanvin
1929 - 2013
Céline Gros
Born 1983
Claude-Nicolas Vaudrey
1784 - 1857
Philippe Pontet
Born 1942
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (évêque de Troyes)
1664 - 1743
Marion Achard
Born 1976
Jean-Louis Picavet
1927 - 1991
André Claudot
1892 - 1982
Claude-Henry-Étienne Bernard de Sassenay
1760 - 1840
Dalmas I of Semur
985 - 1048
Jacques Garnier (historien)
Born 1940
Catherine Poncin
Born 1953
Jean-François de Machéco de Prémeaux
1692 - 1752
Valérie Charolles
Born 1969
Hugues Maret
1726 - 1786
Henri Vallée
1874 - 1947
Roger Rérolle
1909 - 1990
Jacques Gérault
Born 1951
Paul Jourdy
1805 - 1856
André Navarri
Born 1953
Henri Plard
1920 - 2004
Jean Dubois (sculpteur)
1625 - 1694
François-Xavier de Guibert
Born 1946
Claude Fyot de Mimeure
1763 - 1846
Jean-Claude Naigeon
1753 - 1832
Louis Mairet
1916 - 1998
Bénigne Le Gouz de Gerland
1695 - 1774
Daniel Fernandez (musicien)
Born 1970
Louis de Machault d'Arnouville
1737 - 1820
Bénigne Vachet
1641 - 1720
Jean Lombard (peintre)
1895 - 1983
David Leblanc
Born 1968
Jacques Blondel (écologue)
Born 1936
Arnaud Cordier
Born 1974
Philippe Chanoinat
Born 1958
Joseph Carnot
1752 - 1835
Claire Augros
Born 1975
Edmé Thomas
1591 - 1660
Marie Mansart
1925 - 2012
Fabrice Rodriguez
Born 1968
Maurice Darantière
1882 - 1962
Laurent Botti
Born 1968
Philippe Rochot
Born 1946
Daniel Feurtet
Born 1944
René Han
Born 1930
Jérôme Richard
1720 - 1788
Maxime Berger
1989 - 2017
Hermine Horiot
Born 1986
Bernard Kuntz
Born 1951
Michel Delaborde
1935 - 2009
Victor-Louis Focillon
1849 - 1918
Pierre Marnotte
1797 - 1882
Jean Philibert Maret
1758 - 1827
Emmanuel Avena
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Pierre Lacroute
1906 - 1993
Charles-Marie de Sarcus
1821 - 1867
Myriam Motteau
Born 1978
Jean-Antoine Rigoley de Juvigny
1709 - 1788
Bernard Chocarne
1826 - 1895
Sylvie Koechlin
Born 1956
Jacques Foucherot
1746 - 1813
Bénigne Joly
1644 - 1694
Geoffrey Bouchard
Born 1992
Henri Jacotot
1896 - 1991
Christopher de Almeida Pilar
Born 1985
Florence Meney
Born 1964
Éric Rückstühl
Born 1957
Madeleine Schnerb
1900 - 1985
Charles-Marie Fevret de Fontette
1710 - 1772
Ferdinand Forzinetti
1839 - 1909
Jean-François Bazin
1942 - 2020
Pierre Nivollet
Born 1946
Victor Flour de Saint-Genis
1830 - 1904
André Ponsard
1923 - 1990
René Poupon
1902 - 1994
Émile Poillot
1886 - 1948
Philippe Bertrand (journaliste)
Born 1958
Geoffroy de Crécy
Born 1971
François Grether
Born 1941
Julien Racamond
1885 - 1966
Cyril Nauth
Born 1981
Albert Robin
1847 - 1928
Sébastien Joanniez
Born 1974
Jean-Édouard Du Monin
1557 - 1586
Pierre-Marie-Magdeleine Cortois de Balore
1736 - 1812
Louis Nicolardot
1822 - 1888
Charles Richard de Vesvrotte
1757 - 1840
Jean Libis
Born 1944
Claude Ponsard
1927 - 1990
Juliette Speranza
Born 1985
Gilles De Rocco
Born 1957
Christophe Mougeot
Born 1963
Marie-Christine d'Welles
Born 1949
Gabriel Cortois de Quincey
1714 - 1791
Bernard Bligny
1919 - 1987
Jean Bégat
1523 - 1572
Jean Germain (évêque de Nevers et Chalon-sur-Sa�
Died 1461
Marc Dozier
Born 1974
Jean-Baptiste Lucotte Du Tillot
1668 - 1750
Fernand Desserteaux
1852 - 1938
Marielle Issartel
Born 1944
Wissem Maaref
Born 1987
Jean-Philippe Fyot de La Marche
1723 - 1772
Charles Sauvage
1909 - 1980
Marc Desserteaux
1885 - 1949
Jean-Baptiste Bourlier
1731 - 1821
Claude-Jean Rigoley
1725 - 1798
Louis Bossuet
1663 - 1742
Hugues Picardet
1560 - 1641
Pierre Brantus
1921 - 1989
Léon Manière
1885 - 1954
Aimé Piron
1640 - 1727
Jules Mercier (musique)
1819 - 1868
Claude Vercey
Born 1943
Claude Philibert Coquéau
1755 - 1794
Jean-Baptiste Volfius
1734 - 1822
Philippe Millot
Born 1962
Auguste Mathieu (peintre)
1810 - 1864
André Frémiot
1573 - 1641
Robert Guillien
1909 - 1980
Laurent Bureau
Died 1504
Claude Nicaise
1623 - 1701
Pierre Ferrazzi
Born 1946
François Lacôte
Born 1947
Antoine Finot
1780 - 1844
Jean-Jacques-Louis Hoin
1722 - 1772
Léon Viardot
1805 - 1899
Michèle Astrud
Born 1964
Julien Poinssot
1844 - 1899
Jean-Claude Robert (homme politique)
Born 1947
Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Joseph Moreau
1797 - 1855
Étienne Pérard
1590 - 1663
Alfred Muteau
1850 - 1916
Louis Frédéric Tautain
1855 - 1904
Jacqueline Gougis
Born 1926
Chantal Gevrey
Born 1942
Anicet Melot
1697 - 1759
Alain Millot
1952 - 2015
Desideratus of Verdun
480 - 554
Étienne Charlet
1756 - 1795
Gustave Leverne
1861 - 1940
Emmanuel Bassoleil
Born 1961
Pierre Fyot
Born 1923
Jean-Alexis Evrat
1765 - 1835
Gaspard Delanoë
Born 1968
Michaël Zurita
Born 1975
Guy Hersant (homme politique)
Died 2011
Michel-Joseph de Cœurderoy
1738 - 1800
Jean de Cirey
Died 1503
Jean-Philippe Perrot
Born 1966
Sabrina B. Karine
Born 1984
Georges Goudet
1912 - 2001
Nelly Pouget
Born 1955
Audrey Cléau
Born 1973
Paul Bur
1875 - 1957
Claude-Michel Larché
1748 - 1829
Juliette Dubois
1911 - 1990
Sylvie Iskin
1966 - 2015
Frédéric Kahn
Born 1966
Hervé Bazin (docteur vétérinaire, immunologiste
Born 1935
François Chauche
Born 1951
François-Bernard Cocquard
1700 - 1781
Leïla Chaibi
Born 1982
Amédée Bargy
1847 - 1892
Jean-Pierre Lanvin
1924 - 1997
Georges Hugo
1915 - 1984
Eric Kolelas
Born 1987
Léon Bertrand (résistant)
1902 - 1977
Catherine Bazin
Born 1950
Claude Fyot
1630 - 1721
Nicolas Marguery
1834 - 1910
Jean-René Sigault
Born 1738
Bénigne Le Gouz de Saint-Seine
1719 - 1800
Louis-Antoine Pirot
1870 - 1939
Claude-Joseph-François Jacquinot de Pampelune —
1771 - 1835
Séverine Amiot
Born 1979
Christian Chenu
Born 1950
Claude-Philippe Fyot de La Marche
1694 - 1768
Sixte Vignon
1912 - 1944
Charles Pernolet
1814 - 1888
Jean Esmonin
Born 1937
Achille Rousseaux
1887 - 1928
Julien Nicolardot
Born 1981
Pierre-Alain Parot
Born 1950
Joseph Bernier
1864 - 1933
Jean-Siméon Champy
1778 - 1845
Morgane Rothon
Born 1994
Guillaume Saunac
1779 - 1856
Antoine Bernard Finot
1750 - 1818
Quentin Mahier
Born 1993
Pierre Grisvard
1940 - 1994
Frédéric Dole
Born 1975
Camille Depuiset
Born 1998
Ernest Messner
1851 - 1914
Alexandre-Eugène Volfius
1743 - 1805
Raymond Roques (aviateur)
1914 - 1943
Stephen Morelot
1820 - 1899
Louis André Jean-Raphael de Cordoue
1776 - 1849
Claude Perreney de Velmont de Grosbois
1756 - 1840
François Napoléon Develle
1805 - 1878
Joseph Taphinon Desroches
1730 - 1796
Fanny Beguin
Born 1987
Fierville
1671 - 1777
Paul Sagot
1885 - 1959
Pierre Pierre
1827 - 1883
Laurent Mareschal
Born 1975
Bénigne-Léon Le Couteulx du Molay
1810 - 1878
Alexandre Pataille
1781 - 1857
Thomas Aupic
Born 1985
Louis-Édouard Besson
1783 - 1865
Charles Vignes
1905 - 1951
Jean Veillet
1901 - 1985
Bonaventure Baüyn
1699 - 1779
Franck-Emmanuel Comte (musicien)
Born 1968
David Zuddas
Born 1967
Victor Lagrange
1845 - 1894
Fabien Lavoyer
Born 1985
Jean-Marie Chaux
1755 - 1849
Robert René Meyer-Sée
1884 - 1947
Jules Étienne François Muteau
1795 - 1869
Thibaud Maistrier
1629 - 1675
Ludivine Jacquinot
Born 1978
Adeline Grattard
Born 1978
François Monnet
1796 - 1850
Roger Leborne
Born 1941
James Demontry
1806 - 1849
André Demetz
1902 - 1977
Blaise Charlut
1715 - 1792
Joseph Roy (homéopathe)
1891 - 1978
Antoine Carion
1815 - 1875
Amédée Descubes-Desgueraines
1853 - 1936
Charles Flamand
1921 - 2019
François Bordet
1829 - 1901
René Goguey
1923 - 2015
Antoine Bernard Carrelet de Loisy
1764 - 1838
Pierre Bordet
1914 - 1996
Simon Fournier-Faucher
1848 - 1915
Bernard Michel Henri Lerouge
1786 - 1841
Simon Rigollier de Parcey
1795 - 1861
Maurice Eugène François Baumgarten
1854 - 1928
Jean-Baptiste Liégeard
1800 - 1887
Hubert Michel François Vaillant
1760 - 1823
Claude Bernard Loppin de Montmort
1752 - 1831
François Gindriez
1806 - 1862
Paul Abrioux
1908 - 1951
Jean Morin (bobsleigh)
1901 - 1975
Jean de Chastenay
1150 - 1191
Guy Allombert
1929 - 1998
Claude Préaux de Machéco
1773 - 1848
Louis Claude Chaillot
1768 - 1836
Juste Rameau de La Cérée
1748 - 1827
Éric Chéli
Born 1966
Nicolas Morisot
1754 - 1816
Claude Bernard Navier
1756 - 1793
Bernard Oursel
1914 - 2007
Léon Frédéric Hubert Metzinger
1842 - 1914
Laurence Courto
Born 1953
Claude Gantheret
1745 - 1810
Jean Le Mulier de Bressay
1739 - 1799
Christian Legal
Born 1970
Bernard Gnecchi
Born 1951
Daniel-Henri Vincent
Born 1942
Étienne Le Gouz de Saint-Seine
1805 - 1866
Selim Bengriba
Born 1980
Simon Vallot
1774 - 1850
Antoine-Benoît Dubois
1619 - 1680
Pierre-Étienne Petitot
1752 - 1807
Julien Jeuvrey
Born 1985