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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×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Le Havre during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1920s with 38 notable births.

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 novelist3.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician45
  2. Football39
  3. Painter29
  4. Actor27
  5. Writer20
  6. Journalist15
  7. Historian9
  8. Artist9
  1. Novelist53.2×
  2. Painter292.8×
  3. Journalist152.4×
  4. Artist92.2×
  5. Historian92.1×
  6. Sculptor51.9×
  7. Poet71.7×
  8. Writer201.5×

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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400 notable people

0001 PAINTER

Jean Dubuffet

1901 - 1985

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0002 POET

Raymond Queneau

1903 - 1976

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0003 COMPOSER

Arthur Honegger

1892 - 1955

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0004 PAINTER

Raoul Dufy

1877 - 1953

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0005 POLITICIAN

René Coty

1882 - 1962

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0006 WRITER

Madeleine de Scudéry

1607 - 1701

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0007 WRITER

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

1737 - 1814

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0008 BOXER

Jérôme Le Banner

Born 1972

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0009 MATHEMATICIAN

Louis Bachelier

1870 - 1946

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0010 FOOTBALL

Julien Faubert

Born 1983

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0011 ACTOR

Jean Bouise

1929 - 1989

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0012 DAUGHTER

Fanny Imlay

1794 - 1816

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0013 FOOTBALL

Gueïda Fofana

Born 1991

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0014 PAINTER

Othon Friesz

1879 - 1949

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0015 POET

Casimir Delavigne

1793 - 1843

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0016 CONDUCTOR

André Caplet

1878 - 1925

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0017 COMPOSER

Tristan Murail

Born 1947

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0018 DRIVER

Paul Frère

1917 - 2008

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0019 RAPPER

Médine (rapper)

Born 1983

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0020 NOVELIST

Georges de Scudéry

1601 - 1667

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0021 NATURALIST

Charles Alexandre Lesueur

1778 - 1846

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0022 IMPRESARIO

Laurent Ruquier

Born 1963

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0023 ACTOR

Frédérick Lemaître

1800 - 1876

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0024 ACTOR

André Deed

1879 - 1940

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0025 PRESBYTER

Michel Quoist

1921 - 1997

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0026 WRITER

Marie-Aude Murail

Born 1954

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0027 BIOLOGIST

Bernard Heuvelmans

1916 - 2001

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0028 ACTOR

Dominique Paturel

Born 1931

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0029 HISTORIAN

André Siegfried

1875 - 1959

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0030 PHILOSOPHER

Martial Gueroult

1891 - 1976

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0031 HISTORIAN

Léon Gautier

1832 - 1897

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0032 FOOTBALL

André Lerond

1930 - 2018

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0033 PLAYWRIGHT

Jacques-François Ancelot

1794 - 1854

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0034 PAINTER

Jean Dufy

1888 - 1964

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0035 MATHEMATICIAN

Roger Godement

1921 - 2016

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0036 OFFICER

Louis Archinard

1850 - 1932

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0037 EXPLORER

Guillaume Le Testu

Died 1573

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0038 JOURNALIST

Arthur Meyer (journalist)

1844 - 1924

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0039 FOOTBALL

Yoann Arquin

Born 1988

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0040 HISTORIAN

André Piganiol

1883 - 1968

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0041 MATHEMATICIAN

Jean-Louis Verdier

1935 - 1989

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0042 FILM

René Viénet

Born 1944

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0043 BASKET

Anne-Marie Colchen

1925 - 2017

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0044 SCREENWRITER

Jacques-Laurent Bost

1916 - 1990

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0045 FOOTBALL

Kévin Anin

Born 1986

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0046 FOOTBALL

Aldo Angoula

Born 1981

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0047 FOOTBALL

Matthias Lepiller

Born 1988

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0048 FOOTBALL

Riffi Mandanda

Born 1992

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0049 ACTOR

Hubert Noël

1924 - 1987

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0050 FILM

Eva Husson

Born 1977

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0051 TRADE UNION

Jules Durand

1880 - 1926

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0052 ACTOR

Germaine Kerjean

1893 - 1975

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0053 SCULPTOR

Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet

1750 - 1818

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0054 FOOTBALL

Gaël Angoula

Born 1982

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0055 NOVELIST

Christophe Ono-dit-Biot

Born 1975

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0056 SINGER

Danièle Dupré

1938 - 2013

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0057 MILITAR

Armand de Kersaint

1742 - 1793

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0058 POLITICIAN

Antoine Rufenacht

1939 - 2020

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0059 WRITER

Guy Mazeline

1900 - 1996

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0060 RELIGIOUS

Louise-Thérèse de Montaignac de Chauvance

1820 - 1885

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0061 PHOTOGRAPHER

John Beasley Greene

1832 - 1856

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0062 MUSIC

Gustave Chouquet

1819 - 1886

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0063 BIOLOGIST

Ivan Đaja

1884 - 1957

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0064 HOCKEY

Nicolas Besch

Born 1984

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0065 SKATER

Samuel Contesti

Born 1983

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0066 WRITER

Elvire Murail

Born 1958

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0067 POLITICIAN

Maurice Bokanowski

1879 - 1928

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0068 ACTOR

Renée Simonot

Born 1911

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0069 NATURALIST

Marie Le Masson Le Golft

1749 - 1826

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0070 PAINTER

Paul Maze

1887 - 1979

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0071 ACTOR

Jean-Pierre Kérien

1912 - 1984

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0072 MILITAR

Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis

1629 - 1715

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0073 POLITICIAN

Jean-Paul Lecoq

Born 1958

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0074 MODELLO

Marie-Antoinette de Geuser

1889 - 1918

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0075 SINGER

Germaine Cernay

1900 - 1943

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0076 BIOGRAPHER

Ghislain de Diesbach

Born 1931

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0077 POLITICIAN

Léon Meyer

1868 - 1948

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0078 PRIEST

Thomas Roberts (bishop)

1893 - 1976

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0079 FOOTBALL

Maka Mary

Born 1989

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0080 FOOTBALL

Roberto Frigerio

Born 1938

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0081 SINGER

Geneviève Vix

1879 - 1939

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0082 ACTOR

Olivier Saladin

Born 1952

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0083 JOURNALIST

Catherine Pégard

Born 1954

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0084 ACTOR

Jean-Claude Bouillaud

1927 - 2008

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0085 WORLD WAR

Marcel Gascoin

1907 - 1986

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0086 SKIPPER

Thierry Peponnet

Born 1959

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0087 FOOTBALL

Guessouma Fofana

Born 1992

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0088 SINOLOGIST

Albert Terrien de Lacouperie

1844 - 1894

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0089 BIOLOGIST

Achille Urbain

1884 - 1957

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0090 PAINTER

Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines

1845 - 1939

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0091 JOURNALIST

Claude Torracinta

Born 1934

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0092 FOOTBALL

Guillaume Beuzelin

Born 1979

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0093 ACTOR

Anthony Dupray

Born 1974

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0094 SPRINT

René Tirard

1899 - 1977

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0095 PAINTER

Ethel Léontine Gabain

1883 - 1950

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0096 PRIEST

Paul Seitz

1906 - 1984

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0097 COMPOSER

Jacques Leguerney

1906 - 1997

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0098 GEOGRAPHER

Armand Frémont

1933 - 2019

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0099 JUDO

Dimitri Dragin

Born 1984

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0100 POLITICIAN

André Duroméa

1917 - 2011

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0101 POLITICIAN

Jean-Michel Boucheron (Ille-et-Vilaine politician)

Born 1948

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0102 WRITER

Christine Montalbetti

Born 1965

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0103 ZOOLOGIST

Émile Topsent

1862 - 1951

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0104 EDUCATOR

Jean-Claude Guédon

Born 1943

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0105 JOURNALIST

Claude Perdriel

Born 1926

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0106 ESPERANTIST

Georges Kersaudy

1921 - 2015

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0107 CONDUCTOR

Robert Quibel

1930 - 2013

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0108 JOURNALIST

Hughes Le Roux

1860 - 1925

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0109 HISTORIAN

Eugène Cavaignac (historien)

1876 - 1969

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0110 BASSIST

Jean-Jacques Avenel

1948 - 2014

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0111 WRITER

Adolphe d'Houdetot

1799 - 1869

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0112 WRITER

Guillaume Le Touze

Born 1968

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0113 POET

Jean-Baptiste Cousin de Grainville

1746 - 1805

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0114 CORRESPONDENT

Max Olivier-Lacamp

1914 - 1983

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0115 TEACHER

Frédéric Eichhoff

1799 - 1875

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0116 FOOTBALL

Amadou Alassane

Born 1983

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0117 NATURALIST

Léon Diguet

1859 - 1926

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0118 POLE VAULTER

Sébastien Levicq

Born 1971

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0119 HISTORIAN

René Poupardin

1874 - 1927

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0120 FOOTBALL

Demba Sow

Born 1993

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0121 PAINTER

Reynold Arnould

1919 - 1980

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0122 WRITER

Mireille Best

1943 - 2005

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0123 POLITICIAN

Pierre Courant

1897 - 1965

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0124 WRITER

Alfred Masson-Forestier

1852 - 1912

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0125 ACTOR

Luq Hamet

Born 1963

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0126 PAINTER

Maurice Milliere

1871 - 1946

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0127 LAWYER

Louis-Joseph Faure

1760 - 1837

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0128 CONDUCTOR

Max Pinchard

1928 - 2009

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0129 PAINTER

Edmond Morin

1824 - 1882

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0130 FOOTBALL

Thierry Uvenard

Born 1964

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0131 LATINIST

Jean Mallon

1904 - 1982

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0132 SKIPPER

Lorne Currie

1871 - 1926

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0133 FILM

Christophe Pinel

Born 1970

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0134 SINGER

Suzanne Balguerie

1888 - 1973

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0135 FILM

Vincent Pinel

Born 1937

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0136 WRITER

Louise Cruppi

1862 - 1925

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0137 BOTANIST

Arsène Isabelle

1806 - 1888

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0138 FENCER

Gustave Buchard

1890 - 1977

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0139 WRITER

Albert Palle

1916 - 2007

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0140 COMPOSER

Henri Woollett

1864 - 1936

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0141 ARCHITECT

Charles Isabelle

1800 - 1880

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0142 SPORT

Jean Roth

Born 1924

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0143 ACTOR

Jacqueline Danno

Born 1931

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0144 SPORT

Raoul Lesueur

1912 - 1981

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0145 SAILOR

Paul Perquer

Born 1859

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0146 ACTOR

Fernand Mailly

1873 - 1938

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0147 PIANIST

Adolphe Borchard

1882 - 1967

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0148 POLITICIAN

Philippe Doucet (homme politique)

Born 1961

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0149 ROMANIST

Claude Digeon

1920 - 2008

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0150 FOOTBALL

Alexis Bertin

Born 1980

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0151 SERGEANT

Gabriel Guérin

1892 - 1918

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0152 FOOTBALL

Pierre Six

1888 - 1916

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0153 NAVY

Émile Duplat

1880 - 1945

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0154 ACADEMIC

Bruno Pinchard

Born 1955

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0155 PAINTER

Colette Brunschwig

Born 1927

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0156 SAILOR

André Lesauvage

1890 - 1971

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0157 ENGINEER

Jacques-Augustin Normand

1839 - 1906

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0158 ARTISTE

Jérôme Soligny

Born 1959

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0159 ATHLETIC

Bruno Le Stum

Born 1959

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0160 FOOTBALL

Anthony Laup

Born 1982

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0161 ACTOR

Tatiana Rojo

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0162 WRITER

Lorris Murail

Born 1951

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0163 FOOTBALL

Mathieu Baudry

Born 1988

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0164 FILM

Serge Pénard

Born 1949

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0165 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Jean Benoît Désiré Cochet

1812 - 1875

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0166 FOOTBALL

Olivier Davidas

Born 1981

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0167 WRITER

Gilles-Maurice Dumoulin

1924 - 2016

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0168 PAINTER

Adolphe Maugendre

1809 - 1895

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0169 SCREENWRITER

Olivier Vatine

Born 1959

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0170 CLERIC

Maurice Cantor

1921 - 2016

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0171 LAWYER

Ernest Lefèvre

1833 - 1889

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0172 ÉPOUSE

Germaine Coty

1886 - 1955

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0173 PLAYER

Sylvie Jung Henrotin

1904 - 1970

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0174 SAILOR

Émile Billard

1852 - 1930

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0175 WRITER

Philippe Huet

Born 1945

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0176 ACTOR

Alix Mahieux

1923 - 2019

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0177 PSYCHIATRIST

Christophe Fauré

Born 1963

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0178 COMPOSER

Georges Friboulet

1910 - 1992

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0179 SPORT

Gaston Delaplane

1882 - 1977

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0180 JOURNALIST

Alain Hamon

Born 1951

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0181 PAINTER

Gaston Prunier

1863 - 1927

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0182 HOCKEY

Theodor Haag

1901 - 1956

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0183 HYDROGRAPHER

Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette

1707 - 1780

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0184 FOOTBALL

Samba Camara

Born 1992

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0185 ACTOR

Suzanne Le Bret

1889 - 1928

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0186 POLITICIAN

Louis Eudier

1903 - 1986

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0187 ARTIST

Jean Ache

1923 - 1985

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0188 SINGER

Pierre Perrin (compositeur)

1925 - 1985

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0189 ARCHIVIST

Alfred de Martonne

1820 - 1896

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0190 PAINTER

Raimond Lecourt

1882 - 1946

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0191 FOOTBALL

Albert Rénier

1896 - 1948

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0192 JOURNALIST

Philippe Garnier

Born 1949

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0193 POLITICIAN

Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo

Born 1968

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0194 WRITER

Aymeric Patricot

Born 1975

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0195 FOOTBALL

Charles Wilkes (football)

1879 - 1939

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0196 POLITICIAN

Michel Lequenne

1921 - 2020

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0197 ESSAYIST

Paul Souday

1869 - 1929

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0198 ATHLETIC

Kora Boufflert

Born 1966

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0199 FILM

Jean Hémard

1894 - 1933

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0200 ARCHITECT

Henri Colboc

1917 - 1983

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0201 GEOGRAPHER

André Vigarié

1921 - 2006

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0202 PLAYER

Mohamed Haouas

Born 1994

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0203 FOOTBALL

Bernard Lenoble

1902 - 1997

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0204 FOOTBALL

Alimani Gory

Born 1996

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0205 JOURNALIST

Jules Tellier

1863 - 1889

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0206 WIFE OF

Margaret Forrest

1844 - 1929

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0207 PAINTER

Marcel Parturier

1901 - 1976

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0208 BIOLOGIST

Fred Vlès

1885 - 1944

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0209 SAILOR

André Guerrier

Born 1874

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0210 ACTOR

Jacqueline Plessis

1918 - 2019

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0211 FOOTBALL

Kévin Debris

Born 1984

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0212 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jacques Bosser

Born 1946

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0213 POET

Eric Whelpton

1894 - 1981

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0214 OFFICER

Jean Ayral

1921 - 1944

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0215 ENGRAVER

Alphonse Lamotte

1844 - 1914

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0216 PRIEST

Émile Blanchet

1886 - 1967

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0217 HISTORIAN

Philippe Prévost

Born 1935

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0218 MILITAR

Jean Maridor

1920 - 1944

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0219 CARICATURIST

Jacques-Armand Cardon

Born 1936

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0220 PAINTER

Denis Frémond

Born 1950

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0221 ACTOR

Blandine Metayer

Born 1959

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0222 LIEUTENANT

André Herbelin

1889 - 1966

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0223 FOOTBALL

Jean-Louis Lagadec

1933 - 2012

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0224 JOURNALIST

Henriette Charasson

1884 - 1972

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0225 PAINTER

Géo Dupuis

1875 - 1932

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0226 ARTIST

Jace (artist)

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0227 JOURNALIST

Eddy Simon

Born 1968

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0228 ROMANCIER

Jehan Le Povremoyne

1903 - 1970

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0229 PAINTER

Nicolas Darrot

Born 1972

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0230 EXPLORER

Nicolas Vallard

Born 1547

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0231 LAWYER

Jean-Claude Soyer

1929 - 2016

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0232 SPORT

Henri Catelan

1895 - 1980

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0233 MISSING

Stanislas Foäche

1737 - 1806

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0234 POLITICIAN

Max Marest

1929 - 2016

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0235 POLITICIAN

Raoul Aubaud

1881 - 1966

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0236 NAVY

Georges Durand-Viel

1875 - 1959

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0237 HISTORIAN

Henri Guillaume Philippe Moke

1803 - 1862

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0238 ASTRONOMER

Jacques-François Dicquemare

1733 - 1789

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0239 PAINTER

Charles Hermann-Léon

1838 - 1908

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0240 CINEMA

Marcel Le Picard

1887 - 1952

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0241 NAVIGATOR

Paul Vatine

1957 - 1999

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0242 POLITICIAN

Charles-Guillaume Gamot

1766 - 1820

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0243 PAINTER

Georges Binet

1865 - 1949

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0244 PASTOR

Michel Leplay

1927 - 2020

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0245 ARTIST

Côme Mosta-Heirt

Born 1946

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0246 ARTIST

Kokor

Born 1960

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0247 PHYSICIAN

Michel Le Moal

Born 1934

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0248 POLITICIAN

Louis Brindeau

1856 - 1936

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0249 BASKET

Jaylen Hoard

Born 1999

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0250 FOOTBALL

Julien Sotiault

1904 - 1975

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0251 POLITICIAN

Paul Beauregard

1853 - 1919

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0252 CHESS

Roger Daniel

1915 - 1999

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0253 HISTORIAN

Pierre Aubery

1920 - 2009

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0254 WRITER

Juliette Heuzey

1865 - 1952

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0255 NOVELIST

Georges Godefroy

1912 - 1974

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0256 ART CRITIC

Jean-Louis Maubant

1943 - 2010

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0257 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Joseph-Denis-Guillaume Faure

1726 - 1818

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0258 PAINTER

Mathias Durand-Reynaldo

Born 1975

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0259 POLITICIAN

Jacques Eberhard

1919 - 2009

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0260 ORGANBUILDER

Auguste Victor Mustel

1842 - 1919

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0261 GEOLOGIST

Auguste Dollfus

1840 - 1869

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0262 CHEMIST

Gérard Bacquet

Born 1963

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0263 LINGUIST

Guillaume Leduey

Born 1989

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0264 SCULPTOR

Theodore Spicer Simson

1871 - 1959

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0265 COMMANDER

Étienne Périer (governor)

1687 - 1766

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0266 PIANIST

Claudine François

Born 1948

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0267 PHOTOGRAPHER

Antoine Poupel

Born 1956

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0268 SOLDIER

Jacques Barbel

1670 - 1740

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0269 ACTOR

Paul Manson

1873 - 1920

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0270 ENGINEER

André Bresson

Born 1846

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0271 WRITER

Eugène Delessert

1819 - 1877

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0272 ART DIRECTOR

Andrew Mazzei

1887 - 1975

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0273 ARTIST

Jean Vern

1940 - 1998

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0274 POET

Alfred Touroude

1819 - 1875

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0275 ACADEMIC

Emmanuel Joyau

1850 - 1924

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0276 COLLECTOR

Edmond Bonnaffé

1825 - 1903

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0277 ACTOR

Robert Chandeau

1917 - 1984

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0278 POLITICIAN

Victor Bucaille

1890 - 1969

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0279 ENGINEER

Paul Bernard Labrosse-Luuyt

1825 - 1887

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0280 ARTIST

Pauline Fondevila

Born 1972

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0281 STATISTICIAN

Pierre Philippe Urbain Thomas

1776 - 1854

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0282 ARTIST

Gaston Hauchecorne

1880 - 1945

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0283 NOVELIST

Alexandre Torquet

Born 1939

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0284 ARCHITECT

William Cargill

1864 - 1945

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0285 ATHLETE

Anthony Le Duey

Born 1973

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0286 PAINTER

Julien de La Rochenoire

1825 - 1899

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0287 RÉSISTANT

Bernard Chevignard

1913 - 1944

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0288 FOOTBALL

Amadou Ba (footballer)

Born 1998

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0289 POLITICIAN

Jules Ancel

1812 - 1905

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0290 JOURNALIST

Gaston Martineau

1924 - 1986

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0291 PIANIST

Hélène Calef

1949 - 2008

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0292 PAINTER

Georges Rötig

1873 - 1961

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0293 NOVELIST

Charles Diguet

1836 - 1909

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0294 HARPIST

Bernard Galais

1921 - 2009

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0295 GEOGRAPHER

Éric Fouache

Born 1965

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0296 ARTIST

Émile Blondel

1893 - 1970

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0297 SAXOPHONIST

Éric Barret

Born 1959

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0298 PAINTER

Louis Cario

1889 - 1941

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0299 POLITICIAN

Raoul Ancel

1846 - 1911

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0300 ACTOR

Cécile Eddy

Born 1931

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