45.7583° N, 4.8412° E
LYON
Most Famous People Born in Lyon, France
- Notable people
- 2,546
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1907
- Most distinctive
- Architect 3.9×
A Roman foundation that gave the empire two emperors and the modern Republic a silk industry. Lyon's distinctive professions are architects, painters, physicians, botanists, and sculptors — the trades of a medical-and-craft city built around its great hospitals and the silk weavers of the Croix-Rousse. Claudius and Caracalla were both born here, Jacquard invented his loom here, and Saint-Exupéry grew up a few streets from the Rhône; the 18th-century bench is heavier than in most French cities outside Paris.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Lyon during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Lyon Is Known For
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Politician is Lyon's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (287).
Lyon over-indexes on architect — 3.9× the global rate.
Lyon under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Lyon's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Claude Farrère
1876 - 1957
Valentine de Saint-Point
1875 - 1953
Claudius Regaud
1870 - 1940
Louis Fleury
1878 - 1926
Ferdinand Chalandon
1875 - 1921
Paul Philippe Cret
1876 - 1945
Émile Vuillermoz
1878 - 1960
Henri Rinck
1870 - 1952
Charles Blondel
1876 - 1939
Jeanne Bardey
1872 - 1954
Antoine Poidebard
1878 - 1955
Georges Ricard-Cordingley
1873 - 1939
Émile Wegelin
1875 - 1962
Paul Vulliaud
1875 - 1950
Louis Gallavardin
1875 - 1957
Hyacinthe Louis Rabino di Borgomale
1877 - 1950
Henri Gauthier
1877 - 1950
Jules Froment
1878 - 1946
Jeanne Hatto
1879 - 1958
Jean-Baptiste Larrivé
1875 - 1928
Charles Perrin
1875 - 1954
Louis de Goÿs de Mézeyrac
1876 - 1967
Léonie Humbert-Vignot
1878 - 1960
Ernest Lafont
1879 - 1946
Louis Aguettant
1871 - 1931
Tancrède de Visan
1878 - 1945
Marie Antoine Alexandre Guillermond
1876 - 1945
Louis Maynard
1871 - 1940
Louis Jalabert
1877 - 1943
Eugène Brouillard
1870 - 1950
Magdeleine du Genestoux
1873 - 1942
Julien Vocance
1878 - 1954
Louis Desplagnes
1871 - 1914
Adolphe Thiers (architecte)
1878 - 1957
Claude Dalbanne
1877 - 1964
Jean-Louis Chorel
1875 - 1946
Gilbert Galland
1870 - 1956
Georges Bouche
1874 - 1941
Joseph Olphe-Galliard
1877 - 1960
Charles Gillet
1879 - 1972
Pierre Vaudrey
1873 - 1951
François Peissel
1879 - 1944
Marcel Batilliat
1871 - 1941
Daniel Delafarge
1877 - 1949
Léon Schulz
1872 - 1969
Paul Gillet (1874-1971)
1874 - 1971
Charles Michel-Côte
1872 - 1959
Marius Gonin
1873 - 1937
Marie Octave Monod
1876 - 1966
Anne Amieux
1871 - 1961
Philippe Pourchet
1873 - 1941
Caroline Luigini
1873 - 1968
Pierre Guinand
1876 - 1944
Émile Bourdaret
1874 - 1947
Lucy Gérard
1872 - 1941
Louis Cons
1879 - 1942
Jean Verschneider
1872 - 1943
Louis Philibert Décombe
Born 1873
Henri Brugnot
1874 - 1940
Edmond Gillet
1873 - 1931
Émile Lavirotte
1870 - 1944
Édouard Charlet
1873 - 1915
Louis Chazette
1872 - 1930
Joseph Thiébaut
1871 - 1961
Francis Doublier
1878 - 1948
Georges Clavigny
Born 1873
Louis Buyat
1875 - 1963
Marius Chapuis
1878 - 1961
Francisque Regaud
1871 - 1928
Georges Fay
1871 - 1916
Georges Vuillermet
1878 - 1956
Albert Lévy (syndicaliste)
1871 - 1926
Charles Montcharmont
1870 - 1941
François Baverey
1873 - 1956