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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.

Through the Decades

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

What Montpellier Is Known For

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Politician is Montpellier's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (116).

Montpellier over-indexes on botanist5.0× the global rate.

Montpellier under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician116
  2. Football74
  3. Player41
  4. Painter38
  5. Writer37
  6. Actor25
  7. Botanist17
  8. Physician17
  1. Botanist175.0×
  2. Driver83.0×
  3. Handball83.0×
  4. Physician172.9×
  5. Officer142.5×
  6. Player412.5×
  7. Painter381.7×
  8. Sculptor91.6×
  1. Actor250.6×
  2. Singer120.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Montpellier's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0010 POLITICIAN

Jean-Luc Dehaene

1940 - 2014

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0021 ACTOR

Caroline Cellier

Born 1945

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0055 PHYSICIST

Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond

Born 1940

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0063 ACTOR

Véronique Vendell

Born 1942

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0067 POLITICIAN

Jacques Bompard

Born 1943

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0070 SURGEON

Henri Joyeux

Born 1945

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0110 POLITICIAN

Hélène Mandroux

Born 1940

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0112 LAWYER

Henri Temple

Born 1945

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0139 MUSIC

Marielle Nordmann

Born 1941

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0181 MATHEMATICIAN

Jean-Pierre Ramis

Born 1943

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0201 POLITICIAN

Christian Jeanjean

Born 1942

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0204 SYNDICALIST

Frank Mintz

Born 1941

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0268 ACTOR

Henry-Jean Servat

Born 1949

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0272 SONGWRITER

Jean-Paul Cara

Born 1948

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0281 POLITICIAN

Guy Malherbe

Born 1946

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0291 PLAYER

Jean-Pierre Hortoland

Born 1947

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0304 ACTOR

Catherine Ferran

Born 1945

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0311 ARTIST

François Rouan

Born 1943

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0316 POLITICIAN

Pierre Guidoni

1941 - 2000

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0330 DRIVER

Jacques Alméras

Born 1949

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0346 COMMISSIONER

Michel Mathieu (French politician)

1944 - 2010

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0352 PHILOSOPHER

Michel Juffé

Born 1945

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0391 PHYSICIAN

Jacques Gonzales

Born 1941

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0402 ACTOR

Guilhem Pellegrin

Born 1949

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0412 ARCHIVIST

Bruno Delmas

Born 1941

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0437 THEATRE

Jo Doumerg

1941 - 2010

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0438 DRIVER

Jean-Marie Alméras

Born 1943

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0446 POET

Raymond Espinose

Born 1949

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0462 LAWYER

Jean-Pierre Cabanes

Born 1949

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0477 JOURNALIST

Jean Leclerc du Sablon

1942 - 2012

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0488 WRITER

Ann Riquier

Born 1947

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0504 INDUSTRIEL

Yves Cousquer

1941 - 2015

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0512 WRITER

Marie-José Guigou

Born 1946

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0515 PLAYER

Olivier Saïsset

Born 1949

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0519 LINGUIST

Jean Loubatières

Born 1946

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0520 ACADEMIC

Jean-Pierre Picot

Born 1946

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0546 POLITICIAN

Marcel Vidal

1940 - 2006

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0549 ARTIST

Bernard Belluc

Born 1949

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0597 RABBI

Tzvi Marx

Born 1942

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0608 FOOTBALL

Jacques Bonnet (football)

Born 1942

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0611 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Michel Gras

Born 1945

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0639 FOOTBALL

Serge Delmas

Born 1947

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0646 POLITICIAN

Henri Ferretti

1943 - 2011

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0655 WRITER

Roland Jolivet

1948 - 2015

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0656 FOOTBALL

Yves Michel (football)

1940 - 2019

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0670 POLITICIAN

Bernard Nayral

Born 1941

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0672 COACH

Henri Émile

Born 1943

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0691 FOOTBALL

Louis Bonnel

Born 1946

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0695 ORGANIST

Othar Chedlivili

Born 1943

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0723 FOOTBALL

Jean-Claude Terrasse

Born 1945

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0735 JOURNALIST

Philippe Lapousterle

Born 1945

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0741 GRAMMARIAN

Bernard Combettes

Born 1942

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0780 PLAYER

René Séguier

Born 1949

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0806 CHEMIST

Jean-Louis Salager

Born 1944

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