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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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Showing 76 of 845 notable people

0032 FOOTBALL

Jamel Saihi

Born 1987

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0057 MODEL

Aymeline Valade

Born 1984

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0059 PLAYER

François Trinh-Duc

Born 1986

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0064 FOOTBALL

Grégory Vignal

Born 1981

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0086 FOOTBALL

Yunis Abdelhamid

Born 1987

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0094 FOOTBALL

Cédric Cambon

Born 1986

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0106 FOOTBALL

Benoît Poulain

Born 1987

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0132 PLAYER

Vincent Millot

Born 1986

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0177 JAVELIN THROWER

Mathilde Andraud

Born 1989

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0182 PLAYER

Yoann Jaumel

Born 1987

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0184 DRIVER

Franck Perera

Born 1984

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0185 POLITICIAN

Coralie Dubost

Born 1983

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0194 MODEL

Tom Nicon

1988 - 2010

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0199 PLAYER

Baptiste Geiler

Born 1987

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0206 JUDO

Thierry Fabre

Born 1982

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0216 SPORT

Valérian Sauveplane

Born 1980

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0225 HANDBALL

Raphaël Caucheteux

Born 1985

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0226 PLAYER

Julien Tomas

Born 1985

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0243 FOOTBALL

Ludivine Diguelman

Born 1984

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0246 FOOTBALL

Jacques Salze

Born 1987

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0251 PLAYER

Nicolas Jeanjean

Born 1981

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0252 FOOTBALL

Ted Lavie

Born 1986

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0254 GYMNAST

Rose-Eliandre Bellemare

Born 1989

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0256 FOOTBALL

Jean-Matthieu Descamps

Born 1983

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0267 PLAYER

Geoffrey Doumayrou

Born 1989

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0270 FOOTBALL

Mathieu Lafon

Born 1984

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0283 ACTOR

Sarah Suco

Born 1984

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0299 SKIPPER

Noé Delpech

Born 1986

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0319 FOOTBALL

Zohra Ayachi

Born 1988

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0326 ACTOR

Laurent Marion

Born 1983

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0335 SINGER

Liza Pastor

Born 1985

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0343 FOOTBALL

Romain Rambier

Born 1981

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0344 HANDBALL

Julie Goiorani

Born 1988

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0349 COLUMNIST

Tim Soutphommasane

Born 1982

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0350 SPORT

Émilie Évesque

Born 1988

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0368 ATHLETIC

Jessika Guehaseim

Born 1989

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0397 PLAYER

Dorian Descloix

Born 1988

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0415 COMPOSER

Rémi Panossian

Born 1983

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0431 CARICATURIST

Dadou (dessinateur)

Born 1981

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0432 ARTIST

Thitaume

Born 1985

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0445 RAPPER

Taichi (Rapper)

Born 1984

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0467 ARTIST

Karine Bernadou

Born 1981

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0539 HANDBALL

Ewa Palies

Born 1989

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0544 ENTREPRENEUR

Jonathan Benassaya

Born 1980

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0548 WRITER

Pouhiou

Born 1981

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0560 BUSINESS

Prosper Masquelier

Born 1981

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0565 PLAYER

Mickaël Bert

Born 1980

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0566 FOOTBALL

Cédric Joqueviel

Born 1982

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0581 SPORT

Yohan Cauquil

Born 1985

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0586 FOOTBALL

Aimé Lavie

Born 1984

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0596 FILM

Olivier Sagne

Born 1984

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0600 SPORT

Guillaume Bonnet (cyclisme)

Born 1989

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0613 COMPOSER

Samuel Strouk

Born 1980

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0622 BASKET

Florent Tortosa

Born 1989

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0630 PRESENTER

Jeny Priez

Born 1986

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0644 PLAYER

Quentin Doumayrou

Born 1988

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0651 FOOTBALL

Agathe Calvie

Born 1982

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0652 FOOTBALL

Anthony Fayos

Born 1986

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0658 HANDBALL

Julien Rebichon

Born 1988

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0697 FOOTBALL

Anthony Barbotti

Born 1988

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0706 SURFER

Eugénie Ricard

Born 1986

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0712 PLAYER

Adrien Tomas (sportif)

Born 1988

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0715 SCREENWRITER

Pauline Rocafull

Born 1981

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0728 HANDBALL

Nicolas Ivakno

Born 1980

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0738 DRIVER

Philippe Alméras (Rennfahrer)

Born 1980

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0746 FOOTBALL

Audrey Lacaze

Born 1984

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0754 FOOTBALL

Stéphanie Grand

Born 1983

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0782 FOOTBALL

Frédéric Villeroux

Born 1983

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0783 FOOTBALL

Julien Soares

Born 1988

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0788 MISSING

Maëva Truntzer

Born 1989

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0803 PLAYER

Thomas Fernandez (tennis de table)

Born 1986

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0824 PLAYER

Pierrick Lyneel

Born 1985

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0826 PLAYER

Benjamin Goze

Born 1983

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0827 PLAYER

Romain Friand

Born 1982

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0829 CONDUCTOR

Victor Aviat

Born 1982

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0834 PLAYER

Audrey Parra

Born 1987

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