49.4943° N, 0.1080° E
LE HAVRE
Most Famous People Born in Le Havre, France
- Notable people
- 400
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- Median birth year
- 1903
- Most distinctive
- Novelist 3.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Le Havre during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Le Havre Is Known For
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Politician is Le Havre's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (45).
Le Havre over-indexes on novelist — 3.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Le Havre's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Jean Dubuffet
1901 - 1985
Raymond Queneau
1903 - 1976
Arthur Honegger
1892 - 1955
Raoul Dufy
1877 - 1953
René Coty
1882 - 1962
Madeleine de Scudéry
1607 - 1701
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
1737 - 1814
Jérôme Le Banner
Born 1972
Louis Bachelier
1870 - 1946
Julien Faubert
Born 1983
Jean Bouise
1929 - 1989
Fanny Imlay
1794 - 1816
Gueïda Fofana
Born 1991
Othon Friesz
1879 - 1949
Casimir Delavigne
1793 - 1843
André Caplet
1878 - 1925
Tristan Murail
Born 1947
Paul Frère
1917 - 2008
Médine (rapper)
Born 1983
Georges de Scudéry
1601 - 1667
Charles Alexandre Lesueur
1778 - 1846
Laurent Ruquier
Born 1963
Frédérick Lemaître
1800 - 1876
André Deed
1879 - 1940
Michel Quoist
1921 - 1997
Marie-Aude Murail
Born 1954
Bernard Heuvelmans
1916 - 2001
Dominique Paturel
Born 1931
André Siegfried
1875 - 1959
Martial Gueroult
1891 - 1976
Léon Gautier
1832 - 1897
André Lerond
1930 - 2018
Jacques-François Ancelot
1794 - 1854
Jean Dufy
1888 - 1964
Roger Godement
1921 - 2016
Louis Archinard
1850 - 1932
Guillaume Le Testu
Died 1573
Arthur Meyer (journalist)
1844 - 1924
Yoann Arquin
Born 1988
André Piganiol
1883 - 1968
Jean-Louis Verdier
1935 - 1989
René Viénet
Born 1944
Anne-Marie Colchen
1925 - 2017
Jacques-Laurent Bost
1916 - 1990
Kévin Anin
Born 1986
Aldo Angoula
Born 1981
Matthias Lepiller
Born 1988
Riffi Mandanda
Born 1992
Hubert Noël
1924 - 1987
Eva Husson
Born 1977
Jules Durand
1880 - 1926
Germaine Kerjean
1893 - 1975
Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet
1750 - 1818
Gaël Angoula
Born 1982
Christophe Ono-dit-Biot
Born 1975
Danièle Dupré
1938 - 2013
Armand de Kersaint
1742 - 1793
Antoine Rufenacht
1939 - 2020
Guy Mazeline
1900 - 1996
Louise-Thérèse de Montaignac de Chauvance
1820 - 1885
John Beasley Greene
1832 - 1856
Gustave Chouquet
1819 - 1886
Ivan Đaja
1884 - 1957
Nicolas Besch
Born 1984
Samuel Contesti
Born 1983
Elvire Murail
Born 1958
Maurice Bokanowski
1879 - 1928
Renée Simonot
Born 1911
Marie Le Masson Le Golft
1749 - 1826
Paul Maze
1887 - 1979
Jean-Pierre Kérien
1912 - 1984
Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis
1629 - 1715
Jean-Paul Lecoq
Born 1958
Marie-Antoinette de Geuser
1889 - 1918
Germaine Cernay
1900 - 1943
Ghislain de Diesbach
Born 1931
Léon Meyer
1868 - 1948
Thomas Roberts (bishop)
1893 - 1976
Maka Mary
Born 1989
Roberto Frigerio
Born 1938
Geneviève Vix
1879 - 1939
Olivier Saladin
Born 1952
Catherine Pégard
Born 1954
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
1927 - 2008
Marcel Gascoin
1907 - 1986
Thierry Peponnet
Born 1959
Guessouma Fofana
Born 1992
Albert Terrien de Lacouperie
1844 - 1894
Achille Urbain
1884 - 1957
Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines
1845 - 1939
Claude Torracinta
Born 1934
Guillaume Beuzelin
Born 1979
Anthony Dupray
Born 1974
René Tirard
1899 - 1977
Ethel Léontine Gabain
1883 - 1950
Paul Seitz
1906 - 1984
Jacques Leguerney
1906 - 1997
Armand Frémont
1933 - 2019
Dimitri Dragin
Born 1984
André Duroméa
1917 - 2011
Jean-Michel Boucheron (Ille-et-Vilaine politician)
Born 1948
Christine Montalbetti
Born 1965
Émile Topsent
1862 - 1951
Jean-Claude Guédon
Born 1943
Claude Perdriel
Born 1926
Georges Kersaudy
1921 - 2015
Robert Quibel
1930 - 2013
Hughes Le Roux
1860 - 1925
Eugène Cavaignac (historien)
1876 - 1969
Jean-Jacques Avenel
1948 - 2014
Adolphe d'Houdetot
1799 - 1869
Guillaume Le Touze
Born 1968
Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville
1746 - 1805
Max Olivier-Lacamp
1914 - 1983
Frédéric Eichhoff
1799 - 1875
Amadou Alassane
Born 1983
Léon Diguet
1859 - 1926
Sébastien Levicq
Born 1971
René Poupardin
1874 - 1927
Demba Sow
Born 1993
Reynold Arnould
1919 - 1980
Mireille Best
1943 - 2005
Pierre Courant
1897 - 1965
Alfred Masson-Forestier
1852 - 1912
Luq Hamet
Born 1963
Maurice Milliere
1871 - 1946
Louis-Joseph Faure
1760 - 1837
Max Pinchard
1928 - 2009
Edmond Morin
1824 - 1882
Thierry Uvenard
Born 1964
Jean Mallon
1904 - 1982
Lorne Currie
1871 - 1926
Christophe Pinel
Born 1970
Suzanne Balguerie
1888 - 1973
Vincent Pinel
Born 1937
Louise Cruppi
1862 - 1925
Arsène Isabelle
1806 - 1888
Gustave Buchard
1890 - 1977
Albert Palle
1916 - 2007
Henri Woollett
1864 - 1936
Charles Isabelle
1800 - 1880
Jean Roth
Born 1924
Jacqueline Danno
Born 1931
Raoul Lesueur
1912 - 1981
Paul Perquer
Born 1859
Fernand Mailly
1873 - 1938
Adolphe Borchard
1882 - 1967
Philippe Doucet (homme politique)
Born 1961
Claude Digeon
1920 - 2008
Alexis Bertin
Born 1980
Gabriel Guérin
1892 - 1918
Pierre Six
1888 - 1916
Émile Duplat
1880 - 1945
Bruno Pinchard
Born 1955
Colette Brunschwig
Born 1927
André Lesauvage
1890 - 1971
Jacques-Augustin Normand
1839 - 1906
Jérôme Soligny
Born 1959
Bruno Le Stum
Born 1959
Anthony Laup
Born 1982
Tatiana Rojo
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Lorris Murail
Born 1951
Mathieu Baudry
Born 1988
Serge Pénard
Born 1949
Jean Benoît Désiré Cochet
1812 - 1875
Olivier Davidas
Born 1981
Gilles-Maurice Dumoulin
1924 - 2016
Adolphe Maugendre
1809 - 1895
Olivier Vatine
Born 1959
Maurice Cantor
1921 - 2016
Ernest Lefèvre
1833 - 1889
Germaine Coty
1886 - 1955
Sylvie Jung Henrotin
1904 - 1970
Émile Billard
1852 - 1930
Philippe Huet
Born 1945
Alix Mahieux
1923 - 2019
Christophe Fauré
Born 1963
Georges Friboulet
1910 - 1992
Gaston Delaplane
1882 - 1977
Alain Hamon
Born 1951
Gaston Prunier
1863 - 1927
Theodor Haag
1901 - 1956
Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette
1707 - 1780
Samba Camara
Born 1992
Suzanne Le Bret
1889 - 1928
Louis Eudier
1903 - 1986
Jean Ache
1923 - 1985
Pierre Perrin (compositeur)
1925 - 1985
Alfred de Martonne
1820 - 1896
Raimond Lecourt
1882 - 1946
Albert Rénier
1896 - 1948
Philippe Garnier
Born 1949
Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo
Born 1968
Aymeric Patricot
Born 1975
Charles Wilkes (football)
1879 - 1939
Michel Lequenne
1921 - 2020
Paul Souday
1869 - 1929
Kora Boufflert
Born 1966
Jean Hémard
1894 - 1933
Henri Colboc
1917 - 1983
André Vigarié
1921 - 2006
Mohamed Haouas
Born 1994
Bernard Lenoble
1902 - 1997
Alimani Gory
Born 1996
Jules Tellier
1863 - 1889
Margaret Forrest
1844 - 1929
Marcel Parturier
1901 - 1976
Fred Vlès
1885 - 1944
André Guerrier
Born 1874
Jacqueline Plessis
1918 - 2019
Kévin Debris
Born 1984
Jacques Bosser
Born 1946
Eric Whelpton
1894 - 1981
Jean Ayral
1921 - 1944
Alphonse Lamotte
1844 - 1914
Émile Blanchet
1886 - 1967
Philippe Prévost
Born 1935
Jean Maridor
1920 - 1944
Jacques-Armand Cardon
Born 1936
Denis Frémond
Born 1950
Blandine Metayer
Born 1959
André Herbelin
1889 - 1966
Jean-Louis Lagadec
1933 - 2012
Henriette Charasson
1884 - 1972
Géo Dupuis
1875 - 1932
Jace (artist)
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Eddy Simon
Born 1968
Jehan Le Povremoyne
1903 - 1970
Nicolas Darrot
Born 1972
Nicolas Vallard
Born 1547
Jean-Claude Soyer
1929 - 2016
Henri Catelan
1895 - 1980
Stanislas Foäche
1737 - 1806
Max Marest
1929 - 2016
Raoul Aubaud
1881 - 1966
Georges Durand-Viel
1875 - 1959
Henri Guillaume Philippe Moke
1803 - 1862
Jacques-François Dicquemare
1733 - 1789
Charles Hermann-Léon
1838 - 1908
Marcel Le Picard
1887 - 1952
Paul Vatine
1957 - 1999
Charles-Guillaume Gamot
1766 - 1820
Georges Binet
1865 - 1949
Michel Leplay
1927 - 2020
Côme Mosta-Heirt
Born 1946
Kokor
Born 1960
Michel Le Moal
Born 1934
Louis Brindeau
1856 - 1936
Jaylen Hoard
Born 1999
Julien Sotiault
1904 - 1975
Paul Beauregard
1853 - 1919
Roger Daniel
1915 - 1999
Pierre Aubery
1920 - 2009
Juliette Heuzey
1865 - 1952
Georges Godefroy
1912 - 1974
Jean-Louis Maubant
1943 - 2010
Pierre-Joseph-Denis-Guillaume Faure
1726 - 1818
Mathias Durand-Reynaldo
Born 1975
Jacques Eberhard
1919 - 2009
Auguste Victor Mustel
1842 - 1919
Auguste Dollfus
1840 - 1869
Gérard Bacquet
Born 1963
Guillaume Leduey
Born 1989
Theodore Spicer Simson
1871 - 1959
Étienne Périer (governor)
1687 - 1766
Claudine François
Born 1948
Antoine Poupel
Born 1956
Jacques Barbel
1670 - 1740
Paul Manson
1873 - 1920
André Bresson
Born 1846
Eugène Delessert
1819 - 1877
Andrew Mazzei
1887 - 1975
Jean Vern
1940 - 1998
Alfred Touroude
1819 - 1875
Emmanuel Joyau
1850 - 1924
Edmond Bonnaffé
1825 - 1903
Robert Chandeau
1917 - 1984
Victor Bucaille
1890 - 1969
Paul Bernard Labrosse-Luuyt
1825 - 1887
Pauline Fondevila
Born 1972
Pierre Philippe Urbain Thomas
1776 - 1854
Gaston Hauchecorne
1880 - 1945
Alexandre Torquet
Born 1939
William Cargill
1864 - 1945
Anthony Le Duey
Born 1973
Julien de La Rochenoire
1825 - 1899
Bernard Chevignard
1913 - 1944
Amadou Ba (footballer)
Born 1998
Jules Ancel
1812 - 1905
Gaston Martineau
1924 - 1986
Hélène Calef
1949 - 2008
Georges Rötig
1873 - 1961
Charles Diguet
1836 - 1909
Bernard Galais
1921 - 2009
Éric Fouache
Born 1965
Émile Blondel
1893 - 1970
Éric Barret
Born 1959
Louis Cario
1889 - 1941
Raoul Ancel
1846 - 1911
Cécile Eddy
Born 1931