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MONTPELLIER

Most Famous People Born in Montpellier, France

Notable people

845

Peak decade

1980s

Median birth year

1918

Most distinctive

Botanist 5.0×

The shadow of Europe's oldest medical faculty, founded in 1220, still lights up the Physician and Botanist benches — Rabelais and the herbalists casting long light. Layered on top is a surprising modern sporting vein of Handball and Driver names that makes this one of the stranger mash-ups in the Midi, equal parts Renaissance apothecary and Mediterranean weekend athlete.