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MONTROUGE

Most Famous People Born in Montrouge, France

Notable people
709
Peak decade
1920s
Median birth year
1927
Most distinctive
Actor 4.2×

The inner-ring Paris suburb that became, against all odds, a screen town: the Actor bench runs at better than four times the global baseline, and the Screenwriter and Film clusters line up behind it like a studio lot. Layer in the Historian and Journalist benches and you get something unexpected for a commuter commune, a kind of Left Bank-adjacent intelligentsia with a movie habit.

Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1920s with 158 notable births.

What Montrouge Is Known For

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Actor is Montrouge's biggest profession — 22% of all notables (158).

Montrouge over-indexes on actor4.2× the global rate.

Montrouge under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Actor158
  2. Politician48
  3. Writer36
  4. Painter29
  5. Journalist26
  6. Singer18
  7. Historian18
  8. Football18
  1. Actor1584.2×
  2. Screenwriter123.9×
  3. Sculptor122.6×
  4. Historian182.4×
  5. Journalist262.3×
  6. Film151.7×
  7. Poet121.6×
  8. Writer361.6×
  1. Football180.2×
  2. Politician480.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Art & Design
  • Politics & Law
  • Music
  • Other
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Showing 51 of 709 notable people

0011 ARCHITECT

Jean Prouvé

1901 - 1984

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0088 HISTORIAN

Régis Blachère

1900 - 1973

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0090 POLITICIAN

Marcel Paul

1900 - 1982

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0107 SCREENWRITER

Robert Vernay

1907 - 1979

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0121 SCULPTOR

Karl-Jean Longuet

1904 - 1981

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0126 HISTORIAN

Édith Thomas

1909 - 1970

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0130 WRITER

Ginette Mathiot

1907 - 1998

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0151 SPORT

Maurice Archambaud

1906 - 1955

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0172 RACER

William Grover-Williams

1903 - 1945

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0195 ACTOR

André Fouché

1908 - 2001

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0228 SINGER

Hélène Bouvier

1905 - 1978

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0230 JOURNALIST

Georges Altman

1901 - 1960

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0256 ACTOR

Renée Passeur

1905 - 1975

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0258 RACING

Yves Giraud-Cabantous

1904 - 1973

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0268 ACTOR

Georges Pomiès

1902 - 1933

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0272 DESIGNER

Georges Paulin

1902 - 1942

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0276 ARCHIVIST

Edmond-René Labande

1908 - 1992

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0295 PHILOLOGIST

Jean Humbert (helléniste)

1901 - 1980

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0317 PAINTER

René Cottet

1902 - 1992

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0329 ACTOR

Philippe Janvier (actor)

1903 - 1967

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0358 ARCHITECT

Raymond Lopez

1904 - 1966

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0366 ACTOR

André Bervil

1905 - 1972

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0400 ILLUSTRATOR

Raoul Auger

1904 - 1991

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0421 ARCHITECT

Pierre Barbe

1900 - 2004

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0431 SCULPTOR

Charles Lemanceau

1905 - 1980

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0447 PHYSICIAN

Jacques Ménétrier

1908 - 1986

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0449 ARTIST

Jean Trubert

1909 - 1983

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0455 ENGINEER

Pierre Couture (ingénieur)

1909 - 1984

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0465 POLITICIAN

Roger Guérillot

1904 - 1971

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0479 JOURNALIST

Clara Candiani

1902 - 1996

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0498 PAINTER

André Jordan

1908 - 1982

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0501 WRITER

Gabriel Germain

1903 - 1978

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0502 POET

Fernand Marc

1900 - 1979

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0537 POET

René Ménard (poète)

1908 - 1980

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0539 ACTOR

André Burgère

1903 - 1983

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0551 WRESTLER

Maurice Guinard

Born 1902

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0554 PAINTER

Jean Labasque

1902 - 1983

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0575 FIGHTER

Gilbert Médéric-Védy

1902 - 1944

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0591 LAWYER

Daniel Bastian

1906 - 1978

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0592 ARCHITECT

Édouard Lardillier

1908 - 1964

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0597 MILITANT

Pierre Lambert (préfet)

1901 - 1973

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0598 ARCHITECT

André Aubert (architecte)

1905 - 1987

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0601 ARTIST

Robert Pansart

1909 - 1973

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0603 RACER

Louis Jeannin

Born 1907

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0634 ACTOR

Jean Fay

1906 - 1964

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0650 ACTOR

Michèle Béryl

1904 - 1982

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0660 BANK

Jacques Allier

1900 - 1979

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0695 DRIVER

Maurice Varet

1908 - 1985

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0699 RÉSISTANCE

Jean Chanton

Born 1908

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0704 FOOTBALL

Carmen Pomiès

1900 - 1982

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0706 RÉSISTANT

Lucien Chervin

1900 - 1944

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