43.6109° N, 3.8772° E

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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845 notable people

0301 PROFESSOR

Henri Pujol

Born 1930

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0302 WRITER

Anna Cabana

Born 1979

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0303 ASTRONOMER

François de Plantade

1670 - 1741

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0304 ACTOR

Catherine Ferran

Born 1945

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0305 MANGA

Reno Lemaire

Born 1979

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0306 BOTANIST

Pierre Cusson

1727 - 1783

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0307 WRITER

Josette Clotis

1910 - 1944

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0308 LAWYER

Étienne Dejoly

1756 - 1837

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0309 WRITER

Pierre Azéma

1891 - 1967

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0310 BIOGRAPHER

Jean-Luc Déjean

1921 - 2006

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0311 ARTIST

François Rouan

Born 1943

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0312 CLIMB

Fanny Gibert

Born 1993

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0313 LAWYER

Antoine Allut

1743 - 1794

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0314 FOOTBALL

Grégory Carmona

Born 1979

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0315 SCULPTOR

Fernand Guignier

1902 - 1972

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0316 POLITICIAN

Pierre Guidoni

1941 - 2000

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0317 GARDENER

Joseph Martin (gardener)

1788 - 1826

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0318 ROMANIST

Alphonse Roque-Ferrier

1844 - 1907

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0319 FOOTBALL

Zohra Ayachi

Born 1988

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0320 HISTORIAN

Honoré Fisquet

1818 - 1883

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0321 PRIEST

Martino Giusti

1905 - 1987

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0322 LEXICOGRAPHER

Jean-Baptiste Brutel de la Rivière

1669 - 1742

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0323 PLAYWRIGHT

Nicolas La Grange

1707 - 1767

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0324 WRITER

Alexis Aubenque

Born 1970

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0325 FILM

Claudine Nougaret

Born 1958

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0326 ACTOR

Laurent Marion

Born 1983

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0327 WRITER

Suzanne Verdier

1745 - 1813

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0328 PAINTER

Vincent Bioulès

Born 1938

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0329 ARCHITECT

Jules de Joly

1788 - 1865

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0330 DRIVER

Jacques Alméras

Born 1949

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0331 PLAYER

Kélian Galletier

Born 1992

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0332 ATHLETIC

Fanny Peltier

Born 1997

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0333 ARTIST

Fabcaro

Born 1973

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0334 FOOTBALL

Alain Bonnafous

Born 1969

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0335 SINGER

Liza Pastor

Born 1985

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0336 LORD

William IX of Montpellier

Born 1190

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0337 ACADEMIC

Pierre Gavaudan

1905 - 1985

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0338 FOOTBALL

Dimitry Bertaud

Born 1998

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0339 POLITICIAN

Charles Pomaret

1897 - 1984

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0340 MATHEMATICIAN

Antoine Deidier

1670 - 1746

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0341 SPORT

Jacques Ferran

1920 - 2019

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0342 MUSIC

Gabriel Bouillon

1898 - 1984

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0343 FOOTBALL

Romain Rambier

Born 1981

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0344 HANDBALL

Julie Goiorani

Born 1988

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0345 GOVERNOR

Françoise de Cezelli

1558 - 1615

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0346 COMMISSIONER

Michel Mathieu (French politician)

1944 - 2010

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0347 SCREENWRITER

Laurent Larivière

Born 1972

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0348 PAINTER

Guillaume-Charles Brun

1825 - 1908

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0349 COLUMNIST

Tim Soutphommasane

Born 1982

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0350 SPORT

Émilie Évesque

Born 1988

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0351 POLITICIAN

Pierre August Lajard

1757 - 1837

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0352 PHILOSOPHER

Michel Juffé

Born 1945

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0353 PIANO

Jean-Louis Boisselot

1782 - 1847

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0354 WRITER

Armand Cabasson

Born 1970

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0355 CLIMB

Daniel Du Lac

Born 1976

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0356 COMPOSER

Pierre Charvet

Born 1968

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0357 PERFUMER

Jean-Louis Fargeon

1748 - 1806

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0358 JOURNALIST

Éric Vinson

Born 1971

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0359 CURATOR

Vincent Pomarède

Born 1959

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0360 SINGER

Cyril Paulus

Born 1976

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0361 WRITER

Sébastien de Courtois

Born 1974

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0362 ATHLETIC

Guillaume Victorin

Born 1990

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0363 SKIER

Marvin Van Heek

Born 1991

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0364 FOOTBALL

Bernard Maraval

Born 1971

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0365 PHYSICIAN

Léon Lapeyssonnie

1915 - 2001

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0366 FOOTBALL

Fabien Lefèvre (football)

Born 1971

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0367 POLITICIAN

Emmanuel Temple

1895 - 1988

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0368 ATHLETIC

Jessika Guehaseim

Born 1989

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0369 HOCKEY

Jason Crossman

Born 1990

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0370 BOTANIST

Antoine Magnol

1676 - 1759

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0371 ART HISTORIAN

André Michel (Kunsthistoriker)

1853 - 1925

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0372 PAINTER

Emmanuelle Villard

Born 1970

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0373 POLITICIAN

Marc-Antoine-François de Gaujal

1772 - 1856

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0374 SOCIOLOGIST

Jean-Hugues Matelly

Born 1965

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0375 LAWYER

Jean-Marc Mousseron

1931 - 2000

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0376 DIPLOMAT

François Coulet

1906 - 1984

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0377 SWIMMER

Bernard Combet

Born 1953

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0378 CRIMINAL

Pascal Payet

Born 1963

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0379 PUBLISHER

Jean Mouttapa

Born 1956

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0380 OPERA

Edmond Vergnet

1850 - 1904

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0381 ECONOMIST

André Teissier du Cros

Born 1937

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0382 FOOTBALL

Louis Favre (footballer)

1923 - 2008

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0383 BUSINESS

Yves Romestan

Born 1955

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0384 WRITER

Louis-Frédéric Rouquette

1884 - 1926

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0385 LAWYER

François Roux (avocat)

Born 1951

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0386 PRODUCER

Charlie VDE

Born 1967

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0387 ECONOMIST

Jules Milhau

1903 - 1972

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0388 SINGER

Marie-Ange Todorovitch

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0389 SCIENTIFIQUE

Jean Milhaud

1898 - 1991

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0390 PLAYER

Richard Castel

Born 1972

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0391 PHYSICIAN

Jacques Gonzales

Born 1941

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0392 ACTOR

Paulette Bouvet

1914 - 2010

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0393 HUMOURIST

André Aubert

1923 - 2010

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0394 SCULPTOR

Stanislas Clastrier

1857 - 1925

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0395 LORD

William III, Lord of Montpellier

Died 1068

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0396 POLITICIAN

Gérard Saumade

1926 - 2012

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0397 PLAYER

Dorian Descloix

Born 1988

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0398 POLITICIAN

Jules Pagézy

1802 - 1882

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0399 ACTOR

Guillaume Vincent (metteur en scène)

Born 1977

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0400 PAINTER

Ernest Michel

1833 - 1902

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0401 PHYSICIAN

Louis Dulieu

1917 - 2003

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0402 ACTOR

Guilhem Pellegrin

Born 1949

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0403 PLAYER

Clément Daniel

Born 1991

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0404 SCULPTOR

Charles Soulacroix

1825 - 1899

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0405 POLITICIAN

André Jean Simon Nougarède de Fayet

1765 - 1845

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0406 PHILOSOPHER

Yvon Brès

Born 1927

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0407 JOURNALIST

Claude Guibal

Born 1973

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0408 FIGHTER

Jacky Siméon

Born 1952

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0409 LAWYER

Étienne Mejan

1766 - 1846

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0410 PAINTER

Eugène Castelnau

1827 - 1894

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0411 ARTIST

Evariste Richer

Born 1969

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0412 ARCHIVIST

Bruno Delmas

Born 1941

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0413 GEOGRAPHER

Robert Ferras

1935 - 2013

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0414 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jeanne Susplugas

Born 1974

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0415 COMPOSER

Rémi Panossian

Born 1983

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0416 FOOTBALL

Maxime Soulas

Born 1999

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0417 THEOLOGIAN

Jean-Baptiste Flottes

1789 - 1864

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0418 JOURNALIST

Robert Serrou

1924 - 2016

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0419 POLITICIAN

Gérard Delfau

Born 1937

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0420 PAINTER

Frédéric Peyson

1807 - 1877

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0421 OFFICER

Pierre Rolland (military officer)

1772 - 1848

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0422 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Frédéric Saumade

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0423 ACTOR

Christelle Reboul

Born 1974

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0424 PSYCHIATRIST

Paul Guiraud (psychiatre)

1882 - 1974

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0425 FIGHTER

Sabri Allouani

Born 1978

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0426 FILM

Jean-Claude Bringuier

1925 - 2010

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0427 SCULPTOR

Laurent Reynès

Born 1961

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0428 PAINTER

Édouard-Alexandre Bernard

1879 - 1950

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0429 PAINTER

Michel Bertrand (peintre)

1935 - 2009

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0430 FOOTBALL

Hervé Mirouze

Born 1924

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0431 CARICATURIST

Dadou (dessinateur)

Born 1981

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0432 ARTIST

Thitaume

Born 1985

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0433 CHOREOGRAPHER

Francine Lancelot

1929 - 2003

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0434 VIGNERON

Emmanuel Maffre-Baugé

1921 - 2007

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0435 WRITER

Christian Doumergue

Born 1976

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0436 FOOTBALL

Serge Devèze

1956 - 2015

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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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0439 SINGER

Dimoné

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0440 WRITER

Jean Legrand

1910 - 1982

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0441 MILITAR

Baptiste Pierre Bisson

1767 - 1811

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0442 EXPLORER

Denis Fonquerle

1919 - 2005

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0443 PAINTER

Léon Courbouleix

1887 - 1972

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0444 WRITER

Joseph Loubet

1874 - 1951

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0445 RAPPER

Taichi (Rapper)

Born 1984

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0446 POET

Raymond Espinose

Born 1949

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0447 FOOTBALL

Meryll Wenger

Born 1994

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0448 POLITICIAN

Gustave Rouanet

1855 - 1927

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0449 POLITICIAN

Frédéric Roig

Born 1969

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0450 LUTTE

Henri Bouschet

1815 - 1881

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0451 ANATOMIST

André Delmas (anatomiste)

1910 - 1999

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0452 SPORT

Gabriel Marcillac

1904 - 1984

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0453 COMICS

Stéphane Tamaillon

Born 1970

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0454 POLITICIAN

René Couveinhes

1925 - 2004

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0455 FOOTBALL

Sébastien Bertrand

Born 1978

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0456 HORTICULTURIST

Félix Sahut

1835 - 1904

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0457 MUSIC

José el Francés

Born 1971

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0458 ENGINEER

Charles Lenthéric

1837 - 1914

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0459 GEOGRAPHER

Henri Picheral

Born 1938

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0460 PRIEST

André Soulas

1808 - 1857

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0461 FILM

Jean-Christophe Delpias

Born 1968

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0462 LAWYER

Jean-Pierre Cabanes

Born 1949

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0463 JOURNALIST

Astrid Bard

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0464 PAINTER

Pierre Vaneau

1653 - 1694

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0465 POLITICIAN

Karim Djoudi

Born 1958

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0466 WRITER

Jean-Frédéric Brun

Born 1956

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0467 ARTIST

Karine Bernadou

Born 1981

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0468 WRITER

Pierre Caminade

1911 - 1998

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0469 POLITICIAN

Claude Dominique Côme Fabre

1762 - 1794

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0470 POLITICIAN

Gustave Fourment

1869 - 1940

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0471 JOURNALIST

Ulysse de Marsillac

1821 - 1877

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0472 PENCILLER

Elsa Brants

Born 1975

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0473 THEOLOGIAN

Charles Westphal

1896 - 1972

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0474 MILITAR

Auguste Bérard (navigateur)

1796 - 1852

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0475 FLYING ACE

René Pomier Layrargues

1916 - 1940

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0476 PHYSICIAN

Noël Rist

1906 - 1990

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0477 JOURNALIST

Jean Leclerc du Sablon

1942 - 2012

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0478 SPORT

Laurent Nicollin

Born 1973

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0479 FOOTBALL

Caroline La Villa

Born 1992

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0480 POLITICIAN

Bernard Serrou

Born 1938

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0481 WRITER

Marie Reynès-Monlaur

1866 - 1940

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0482 SCIENTIST

Henri Sabatier

1896 - 1986

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0483 GEOLOGIST

Paul Cazalis de Fondouce

1835 - 1931

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0484 POLITICIAN

Jules Renouvier

1804 - 1860

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0485 WRITER

Isaac Despuech

1583 - 1642

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0486 POLITICIAN

Jean Grandel

1891 - 1941

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0487 WRITER

François Cariès

1927 - 2015

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0488 WRITER

Ann Riquier

Born 1947

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0489 ARCHITECT

François Germer-Durand

1843 - 1906

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0490 JOURNALIST

Ernest Reynaud

1902 - 1969

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0491 BOTANIST

Pierre Rémi François de Paule Willemet

1762 - 1790

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0492 PLAYER

Mathieu Giudicelli

Born 1990

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0493 HISTORIAN

Anne Blanchard

1921 - 1998

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0494 BOTANIST

Guillaume Nissole

1647 - 1734

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0495 PHYSICIAN

Eusèbe de Salle

1796 - 1873

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0496 ACTOR

Gérald Castrix

1898 - 1987

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0497 HANDBALL

Rémi Desbonnet

Born 1992

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0498 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Pierre Jean Jeanniot

Born 1933

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0499 ADVERTISING

Jean-Michel Goudard

1939 - 2020

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0500 OFFICER

Jean Étienne Casimir Poitevin de Maureilhan

1772 - 1829

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0501 FOOTBALL

Bilel El Hamzaoui

Born 1992

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0502 SECRETARY

Jules Simon Troubat

1836 - 1914

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0503 MYCOLOGIST

Jules Offner

1873 - 1957

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0504 INDUSTRIEL

Yves Cousquer

1941 - 2015

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0505 POLITICIAN

Jean-Honoré Salavy

1749 - 1823

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0506 COLLECTOR

Antoine Valedau

1777 - 1836

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0507 PLAYER

Éric Escande

Born 1992

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0508 PAINTER

Jacques Moulinier (peintre)

1757 - 1828

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0509 LAWYER

Nicolas Bohier

1469 - 1539

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0510 CARDINAL

Imbert du Puy

Died 1348

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0511 EXPLORER

Edouard David Levat

1855 - 1918

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0512 WRITER

Marie-José Guigou

Born 1946

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0513 BASKET

Yann Mollinari

Born 1975

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0514 SPY

Ginette Jullian

1917 - 1962

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0515 PLAYER

Olivier Saïsset

Born 1949

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0516 FILM

Nicolas Azalbert

Born 1974

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0517 COMPOSER

Solorazaf

Born 1956

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0518 ARCHITECT

Philippe Jaulmes

1927 - 2017

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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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0521 POLITICIAN

Jean Charles Joachim Davillier

1758 - 1846

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0522 BOTANIST

Étienne Edmond Foëx

1876 - 1944

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0523 LAWYER

Jean Albisson

1732 - 1810

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0524 MILITAR

Jean Gaspard Pascal René

1768 - 1808

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0525 POLITICIAN

Jean Monestier

1855 - 1925

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0526 POET

Robert Allan

1927 - 1998

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0527 PAINTER

Charles Paulin François Matet

1791 - 1870

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0528 HISTORIAN

Paul Amargier

Born 1924

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0529 POLITICIAN

Albert Castelnau

1823 - 1877

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0530 CONDUCTOR

Auguste Bosc (compositeur)

1868 - 1945

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0531 PRELATE

Alexandre de Lauzières-Thémines

1743 - 1829

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0532 BOTANIST

Marie Jacques Philippe Mouton-Fontenille de La Clo

1769 - 1837

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0533 FOOTBALL

Lionel Cristol

Born 1963

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0534 OFFICER

Marc Cabanes de Puymisson

1760 - 1831

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0535 FOOTBALL

Jean-Marc Valadier

Born 1957

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0536 WRITER

Emmanuel Maury

Born 1966

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0537 LAWYER

Marie-Danièle Campion

Born 1952

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0538 POLITICIAN

Roger Delagnes

1902 - 1976

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0539 HANDBALL

Ewa Palies

Born 1989

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0540 ARTIST

Philippe Fenech

Born 1976

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0541 ART DEALER

Patrick Seguin

Born 1954

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0542 ILLUSTRATOR

Claire Degans

Born 1977

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0543 ARCHITECT

Charles-Étienne Durand

1762 - 1840

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0544 ENTREPRENEUR

Jonathan Benassaya

Born 1980

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0545 COSTUME DESIGNER

Laure Lourié

1911 - 2001

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0546 POLITICIAN

Marcel Vidal

1940 - 2006

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0547 POLITICIAN

Jean-François-Thomas Goulard

1755 - 1830

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0548 WRITER

Pouhiou

Born 1981

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0549 ARTIST

Bernard Belluc

Born 1949

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0550 OFFICER

Eugène Pagézy

1876 - 1939

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0551 CONDUCTOR

Édouard-Fortuné Calabresi

1824 - 1904

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0552 WAKEBOARD

Aurélie Godet

Born 2003

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0553 ACTOR

Lola Reve

Born 1992

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0554 OFFICER

Jean-Pierre-Hugues Cambacérès

1778 - 1826

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0555 PAINTER

Toussaint-François Node-Véran

1773 - 1852

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0556 PLAYER

Christophe Urios

Born 1965

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0557 FINANCIER

Jacques de Manse

1628 - 1699

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0558 PRIEST

Dominique Pouderous

1721 - 1799

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0559 DRIVER

Timothé Buret

Born 1995

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0560 BUSINESS

Prosper Masquelier

Born 1981

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0561 PAINTER

André Bourrié

Born 1936

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0562 FILM

Mourad Laffitte

Born 1965

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0563 LAWYER

Pierre-Armand Séguier

1803 - 1876

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0564 DANCER

Magali Sauri

Born 1977

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0565 PLAYER

Mickaël Bert

Born 1980

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0566 FOOTBALL

Cédric Joqueviel

Born 1982

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0567 ACADEMIC

Pierre-Louis Malosse

1952 - 2013

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0568 PAINTER

Georges Dezeuze

1905 - 2004

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0569 PLAYER

Clément Baïocco

Born 1979

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0570 PHYSICIAN

Félix André Augustin Poujol

1797 - 1869

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0571 ACADEMIC

Jacques Raynard

Born 1961

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0572 POLITICIAN

Aaron Jean François Crassous

1746 - 1801

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0573 POLITICIAN

Henri Thamier

1916 - 2001

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0574 LAWYER

Jean Larguier

Born 1925

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0575 PLAYER

Enzo Selponi

Born 1993

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0576 COMMUNICATION

Magali Vaissière

Born 1957

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0577 NOVELIST

Marcel Séguier

1929 - 2017

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0578 POLITICIAN

Louis-Marie de Nicolaÿ

1729 - 1791

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0579 POLITICIAN

Edme-Hilaire Garnier-Deschênes

1732 - 1812

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0580 PAINTER

Jean Matet

1870 - 1936

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0581 SPORT

Yohan Cauquil

Born 1985

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0582 PAINTER

Jérôme-René Demoulin

1758 - 1799

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0583 MISSIONARY

Pierre Henri Grollier

1826 - 1864

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0584 LIEUTENANT

Antoine Exelmans

1865 - 1944

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0585 JOURNALIST

Pierre Comert

1880 - 1964

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0586 FOOTBALL

Aimé Lavie

Born 1984

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0587 PHILOLOGIST

Michel Lafon

1954 - 2014

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0588 GERONTOLOGIST

Henri Choussat

1906 - 1994

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0589 NOVELIST

Pascale Ferroul

Born 1965

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0590 MILITAR

François de Vergnette de Lamotte

1877 - 1953

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0591 POLITICIAN

Pierre Grasset-Morel

1908 - 1967

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0592 SPORT

Éric Bonnet

Born 1960

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0593 PAINTER

Jacques Arnaud

1918 - 1990

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0594 SONGWRITER

Gaston Maquis

1860 - 1908

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0595 PRIEST

Espárago de la Barca

1170 - 1233

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0596 FILM

Olivier Sagne

Born 1984

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0597 RABBI

Tzvi Marx

Born 1942

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0598 LAWYER

Junius Castelnau

1795 - 1855

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0599 PAINTER

Gabriel Coffinières de Nordeck

1844 - 1898

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0600 SPORT

Guillaume Bonnet (cyclisme)

Born 1989

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