48.8317° N, 2.3264° E

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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709 notable people

0301 SCREENWRITER

Georges Régnier

1913 - 1992

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0302 ROWER

Hélène Lefebvre

Born 1991

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0303 WRITER

Thierry Séchan

1949 - 2019

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0304 SINGER

Emmanuelle Mottaz

Born 1963

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0305 BLOGGER

Mickaël Vendetta

Born 1987

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0306 PHYSICIAN

Jacques Masquelier

1922 - 2009

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0307 PRESENTER

Marc Lacombe

Born 1966

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0308 WRITER

Maguelonne Toussaint-Samat

1926 - 2018

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0309 RADIO

Zappy Max

1921 - 2019

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0310 ACTOR

Gérard Filippelli

Born 1942

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0311 WRITER

Roger Le Taillanter

1925 - 2005

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0312 ACTOR

Georgia Scalliet

Born 1986

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0313 ZOOLOGIST

Léon Bertin

1896 - 1954

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0314 ACTOR

Antoine du Merle

Born 1988

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0315 PAINTER

Philippe Lejeune (peintre)

1924 - 2014

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0316 ACTOR

Léa Wiazemsky

Born 1979

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0317 PAINTER

René Cottet

1902 - 1992

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0318 ACTOR

André Gaillard (acteur)

1927 - 2019

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0319 ATHLETIC

Jean-François Bonhème

Born 1949

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0320 ACTOR

Julia Molkhou

Born 1984

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0321 FOOTBALL

Michel Pech

1946 - 2012

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0322 WRITER

Paul-Jean Hérault

1934 - 2020

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0323 PHYSICIAN

Claude Gubler

Born 1934

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0324 CANOE

Jean-Louis Olry

Born 1946

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0325 ACTOR

Juliette Chêne

Born 1982

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0326 SINGER

Medhy Custos

Born 1973

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0327 PRODUCER

Pierre Hiegel

1913 - 1980

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0328 WRITER

Dominique Daguet

Born 1938

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0329 ACTOR

Philippe Janvier (actor)

1903 - 1967

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0330 ACTOR

René Bergeron

1890 - 1971

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0331 SCREENWRITER

Éric Kristy

1951 - 2016

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0332 FOOTBALL

Henri Beau (football)

1881 - 1928

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0333 PRODUCER

Roger Tellart

1932 - 2013

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0334 CRIMINAL

Lucien Léger

1937 - 2008

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0335 JOURNALIST

Laurent de Boissieu

Born 1973

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0336 ATHLETIC

Brigitte Rougeron

Born 1961

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0337 ARTIST

René Ferracci

1927 - 1982

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0338 RABBI

Daniel Farhi

Born 1941

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0339 ACTOR

Catherine Allary

Born 1945

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0340 SINGER

Sly Johnson

Born 1974

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0341 SPORT

Jean Guéguen

1924 - 1998

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0342 ACTOR

Mireille Audibert

1944 - 1993

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0343 TYPOGRAPHER

Pierre Faucheux

1924 - 1999

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0344 SINGER

Ben Ricour

Born 1975

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0345 BOTANIST

Bernard Descoings

1931 - 2018

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0346 ACTOR

Micha Bayard

Born 1930

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0347 PAINTER

Jacques Lagrange (peintre)

1917 - 1995

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0348 PSYCHOANALYST

Michel de M'Uzan

1921 - 2018

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0349 TRANSLATOR

Michel Doury

1931 - 2007

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0350 PRESENTER

Matthieu Delormeau

Born 1974

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0351 POLITICIAN

Michel Junot

1916 - 2008

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0352 ACTOR

Annie France

1915 - 2012

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0353 POLITICIAN

Fabienne Labrette-Ménager

Born 1961

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0354 SCREENWRITER

Alain Scoff

1940 - 2013

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0355 ACTOR

Noémie Elbaz

Born 1976

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0356 RELIGIOUS

Guy Lafon

1930 - 2020

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0357 SCULPTOR

François Cacheux

1923 - 2011

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0358 ARCHITECT

Raymond Lopez

1904 - 1966

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0359 ACTOR

Paule Noëlle

Born 1942

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0360 SINGER

Sorel (chanteur)

Born 1977

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0361 POET

Paul Braffort

1923 - 2018

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0362 SOCIOLOGIST

André-Clément Decouflé

1936 - 2011

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0363 ACTOR

Lisa Jouvet

1924 - 2004

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0364 TEACHER

Louis Chatelain

1883 - 1950

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0365 ENGRAVER

Jacques Beltrand

1874 - 1977

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0366 ACTOR

André Bervil

1905 - 1972

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0367 SCULPTOR

Jeanne Itasse-Broquet

1865 - 1941

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0368 POET

Jean Kahn-Dessertenne

1916 - 1970

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0369 ACTOR

Serge Grave

1919 - 1995

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0370 ACTOR

Évelyne Ker

1936 - 2005

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0371 WRITER

Jeanne Leuba

1882 - 1979

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0372 ATHLETIC

Jeff Lastennet

Born 1987

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0373 JOURNALIST

Bernard Thomas

1936 - 2012

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0374 PLAYER

Jean-Claude Molinari

Born 1931

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0375 ACTOR

Damien Ricour

1972 - 2016

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0376 THÉRAPEUTE

Giselle Soubiran

1916 - 2012

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0377 ACTOR

Lucienne Hamon

Born 1930

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0378 ECONOMIST

Bertrand Lemennicier

1943 - 2019

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0379 HISTORIAN

Ludovic Marcos

1951 - 2018

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0380 MUSIC

Guizmo

Born 1972

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0381 COMPOSER

Nicolas Skorsky

1952 - 2014

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0382 POET

André Laude

1936 - 1995

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0383 MUSIC

Valérie Soudères

1914 - 1995

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0384 POLITICIAN

Jean-Claude Delarue

Born 1939

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0385 FREESTYLE

Catherine Lombard

Born 1965

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0386 HISTORIAN

Roger Caratini

1924 - 2009

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0387 SINGER

Lionel Leroy

Born 1956

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0388 ACTOR

Eva Damien

1934 - 1984

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0389 FONCTIONNAIRE

Xavier Gouyou-Beauchamps

1937 - 2019

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0390 ACTOR

Philippe Marlaud

1959 - 1981

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0391 HISTORIAN

Pierre Ayçoberry

1925 - 2012

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0392 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Francis Mazière

1924 - 1994

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0393 ACADEMIC

Marie Depussé

1935 - 2017

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0394 WRITER

Christian Mantey

Born 1941

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0395 LYRICIST

Jean-Pierre Kernoa

1938 - 2018

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0396 PHYSICIAN

Jacques Courtin

1921 - 2007

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0397 ACTOR

Dominique Vilar

1943 - 1995

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0398 FILM

Pierre Gérin

1913 - 1982

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0399 ACTOR

Bruno Berberes

Born 1958

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0400 ILLUSTRATOR

Raoul Auger

1904 - 1991

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0401 ATHLETIC

Yann Quentrec

Born 1962

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0402 PAINTER

Claude Bellegarde

1927 - 2019

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0403 JOURNALIST

Yann Moncomble

1953 - 1990

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0404 SPORT

Jean Devoissoux

1889 - 1945

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0405 HISTORIAN

Paul-Alexis Mellet

Born 1970

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0406 ACTOR

Olivia Dutron

Born 1955

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0407 HISTORIAN

Michel Levallois

1934 - 2018

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0408 PHOTOGRAPHER

Daniel Angeli

Born 1943

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0409 WRITER

Alain Prévost

1930 - 1971

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0410 ACTOR

Jean Pignol

1924 - 1990

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0411 WRITER

Claude Néron

1926 - 1991

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0412 ACTOR

Edmond Tamiz

Born 1923

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0413 POLITICIAN

Alain Barrau

Born 1947

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0414 BASKET

Georges Carrier

1910 - 1993

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0415 SINOLOGIST

Maurice Jametel

1856 - 1889

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0416 PSYCHOANALYST

Ginette Michaud (psychanalyste)

Born 1932

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0417 ECONOMIST

Joseph Klatzmann

1921 - 2008

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0418 PRESENTER

Françoise Bernard

Born 1921

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0419 ACTOR

Véronique Barrault

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0420 SCREENWRITER

Bernard Nauer

-

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0421 ARCHITECT

Pierre Barbe

1900 - 2004

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0422 RACER

Olivier Chevallier

1949 - 1980

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0423 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Lecoq

Born 1954

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0424 BASKET

Bernard Mayeur

1938 - 2004

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0425 OPERA

Gustave Botiaux

Born 1926

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0426 ACTOR

France Asselin

1923 - 1960

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0427 SINGER

Stéphane Golmann

1921 - 1987

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0428 WRITER

Claude Courtot

1939 - 2018

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0429 FOOTBALL

Fernand Massip

Born 1884

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0430 ACTOR

Michel Gudin

1920 - 1996

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0431 SCULPTOR

Charles Lemanceau

1905 - 1980

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0432 SWIMMER

Colette Thomas

1929 - 2001

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0433 CANOE

Maurice Graffen

1924 - 2016

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0434 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Jean-Louis Heim

1937 - 2018

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0435 POET

Pierre Lartigue (écrivain)

1936 - 2008

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0436 ACTOR

Charlotte Maury-Sentier

Died 2019

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0437 JOURNALIST

Françoise Gaujour

1950 - 2019

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0438 JOURNALIST

Gilbert Denoyan

1939 - 2000

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0439 WRITER

Alain Wagneur

Born 1955

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0440 PHYSICIAN

Xavier Raspail

1840 - 1926

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0441 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Philippe Laburthe-Tolra

1929 - 2016

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0442 ACTOR

Denise Clair

1916 - 1970

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0443 POLITICIAN

Diomède Catroux

1916 - 2008

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0444 ACTOR

Jean Juillard

1925 - 1998

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0445 ACTOR

Monique Morisi

Born 1933

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0446 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Bosino

Born 1959

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0447 PHYSICIAN

Jacques Ménétrier

1908 - 1986

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0448 PAINTER

Jean-Marie Queneau

Born 1934

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0449 ARTIST

Jean Trubert

1909 - 1983

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0450 COLLECTOR

Christian Bouqueret

1950 - 2013

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0451 JOURNALIST

Michel Legris

1931 - 2008

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0452 PRODUCER

Jean-Pierre Lentin

1950 - 2009

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0453 FOOTBALL

Henri Vialmonteil

Born 1884

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0454 JOURNALIST

Philippe Aubert (journaliste)

1950 - 1998

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0455 ENGINEER

Pierre Couture (ingénieur)

1909 - 1984

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0456 JOURNALIST

Michel Rouzé

1910 - 2003

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0457 ASTRONOMER

Alain Dupas

Born 1945

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0458 POLITICIAN

Serge Jeanneret

1911 - 2000

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0459 ATHLETIC

Radhouane Bouster

Born 1954

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0460 TRICKSTER

Philippe Berre

Born 1954

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0461 ACTOR

Elisa Ruis

1917 - 1998

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0462 PSYCHOANALYST

Catherine Parat

1917 - 2014

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0463 JOURNALIST

René Puissesseau

1919 - 1970

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0464 ACTOR

Sandra Moreno

Born 1977

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0465 POLITICIAN

Roger Guérillot

1904 - 1971

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0466 ACTOR

France Ellys

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0467 HISTORIAN

Jean-Pierre Muret

1936 - 2018

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0468 FOOTBALL

Robert Joyaut

Born 1899

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0469 ACTOR

Karine Verlier

Born 1954

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0470 HISTORIAN

Hélène Rioux (historienne)

1936 - 2002

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0471 ACTOR

Raymond Faure

1915 - 1972

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0472 ACTOR

Madeleine Rousset

Born 1922

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0473 ACTOR

Michelle Bardollet

Born 1939

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0474 ARCHITECT

Jean Perrottet

Born 1925

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0475 JOURNALIST

Lucien Barnier

1918 - 1979

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0476 CHOREOGRAPHER

D'Déé

Born 1929

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0477 DANCER

Max Bozzoni

1918 - 2003

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0478 CONDUCTOR

Florian Hollard

Born 1926

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0479 JOURNALIST

Clara Candiani

1902 - 1996

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0480 JOURNALIST

Gilbert Larriaga

1926 - 2019

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0481 WRITER

Pierre Descaves (homme de radio)

1896 - 1966

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0482 WRITER

Lucio Mad

1962 - 2005

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0483 PHILOSOPHER

Jean-Paul Dumont (philosophe)

1933 - 1993

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0484 ACTOR

Marcel Méral

1897 - 1969

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0485 FENCER

Jacques Roulot

Born 1933

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0486 LIBRARIAN

François Chapon

Born 1929

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0487 DESIGNER

Georges Peignot

1872 - 1915

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0488 JOURNALIST

Gilbert Pradet

1915 - 1980

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0489 FONCTIONNAIRE

François Gazier

1919 - 2005

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0490 SCULPTOR

Olivier Pettit

1918 - 1979

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0491 PRESENTER

Carole Chabrier

Born 1947

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0492 SCULPTOR

Paul Simon (sculpteur)

1892 - 1979

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0493 PAINTER

Ginette Cals

1921 - 2019

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0494 WRITER

Jacqueline Quef-Allemant

Born 1937

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0495 BUSINESS

Alain Gomez

Born 1938

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0496 JOURNALIST

Fabien Namias

Born 1972

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0497 SCULPTOR

Georges Contaux

1891 - 1984

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0498 PAINTER

André Jordan

1908 - 1982

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0499 SINGER

Claude Besson (chanteur)

1948 - 2019

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0500 ACTOR

Marcelle Rexiane

1899 - 1990

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0501 WRITER

Gabriel Germain

1903 - 1978

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0502 POET

Fernand Marc

1900 - 1979

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0503 POLITICIAN

Pauline Ramart

1880 - 1953

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0504 PAINTER

Daniel Sénélar

1925 - 2001

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0505 ROWER

Jean-Pierre Souche

1927 - 2020

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0506 COMMERCE

Jacques Dermagne

1937 - 2012

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0507 PAINTER

Léon Henri Ruffe

1864 - 1951

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0508 ACTOR

Annabelle Roux

Born 1968

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0509 POLITICIAN

Aimé Halbeher

Born 1936

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0510 MUSIC

Tasso Adamopoulos

-

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0511 PAINTER

Georges Pavis

1886 - 1977

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0512 ACTOR

Ilona Bachelier

Born 1997

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0513 BUSINESS

Jean Carteron

1926 - 2011

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0514 SINGER

Claire Leclerc

1915 - 2009

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0515 ACTOR

Edith Perret

1929 - 2019

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0516 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

François-Henri Raymond

1914 - 2000

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0517 PERCUSSIONIST

Philippe Teboul

Born 1964

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0518 POLITICIAN

Lionel Assouad

1930 - 2010

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0519 FOOTBALL

Max Urbini

1924 - 2004

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0520 FILM

Serge Friedman

1930 - 2008

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0521 ACTOR

Joëlle Robin

Born 1923

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0522 OPERA

Léna Pastor

1925 - 1998

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0523 WRITER

Geneviève Latour

1923 - 2019

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0524 SOCIOLOGIST

Jacques Maître

1925 - 2013

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0525 LAWYER

Édouard Chambost

1942 - 2009

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0526 DRIVER

Jean Achard (pilote)

1918 - 1951

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0527 SWORDSMAN

Robert Heddle-Roboth

1925 - 2013

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0528 ARTIST

Michel Motti

1934 - 2009

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0529 FILM

Guy Cavagnac

Born 1934

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0530 CHEMIST

Georges Figon

1926 - 1966

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0531 SCIENTIST

Claude Fréjacques

1924 - 1994

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0532 ILLUSTRATOR

Éliane Bonabel

1920 - 2000

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0533 FILM

Daniel Daert

1941 - 2020

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0534 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Michel Tibon-Cornillot

Died 2020

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0535 JOURNALIST

Alain Laville

1950 - 2003

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0536 SOCIOLOGIST

Viviane Isambert-Jamati

1924 - 2019

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0537 POET

René Ménard (poète)

1908 - 1980

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0538 ENGINEER

Michel Pecqueur

1931 - 1995

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0539 ACTOR

André Burgère

1903 - 1983

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0540 NOVELIST

Robert Vaudois

1921 - 2017

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0541 SCREENWRITER

Jean Lehérissey

1915 - 1980

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0542 DIPLOMAT

Laurent Pic

Born 1964

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0543 ACTOR

Paulette Andrieux

Born 1925

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0544 AUTHOR

André Francis

1925 - 2019

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0545 ENGINEER

Paul Bourrières

1914 - 2018

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0546 SPORT

Guy Claud

Born 1936

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0547 LEXICOGRAPHER

Jean-Yves Dournon

-

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0548 POLITICIAN

Manuel Bridier

1925 - 2003

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0549 WRITER

Jean-Paul Corsetti

1956 - 1993

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0550 ACTOR

Juliette Verneuil

1893 - 1984

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0551 WRESTLER

Maurice Guinard

Born 1902

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0552 PAINTER

Pierre Daboval

1918 - 2015

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0553 EGYPTOLOGIST

Paule Posener-Kriéger

1925 - 1996

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0554 PAINTER

Jean Labasque

1902 - 1983

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0555 ACTOR

Olga Sékulic

-

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0556 PAINTER

Éric Dubuc

1961 - 1986

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0557 ESSAYIST

Jacques Bourdu

Died 2018

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0558 SCULPTOR

Alexandre-Mathurin Pêche

1872 - 1957

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0559 TEACHER

Jacques Chapelon

1884 - 1973

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0560 POLITICIAN

Jacques Huyghues des Étages

1923 - 2007

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0561 POLITICIAN

Francis Geng

Born 1931

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0562 FILM

Jean Fontaine (animateur)

1920 - 2001

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0563 EDITOR

Michel Minard

1928 - 2013

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0564 POET

Michel Zimbacca

Born 1924

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0565 PRÉFET

Guy Fougier

1932 - 2008

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0566 PIANIST

Simone Féjard

1911 - 2012

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0567 CHEMIST

Léon Boutroux

1851 - 1921

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0568 FILM

Marcel Gibaud

1921 - 1970

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0569 POET

Henry Galy-Carles

1922 - 2017

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0570 SCULPTOR

Marcel Derny

1914 - 2003

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0571 NAVY

Pierre Iehle

1914 - 1984

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0572 GEOGRAPHER

Paul Privat-Deschanel

1867 - 1942

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0573 WRITER

Henri Heinemann

Born 1927

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0574 DRIVER

Lucien Desvaux

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0575 FIGHTER

Gilbert Médéric-Védy

1902 - 1944

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0576 FILM

Pascal Auger

Born 1955

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0577 BUSINESS

Édith Henrion d'Aubert

Born 1962

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0578 PAINTER

Roger Amand

1931 - 2005

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0579 ACADEMIC

Raymond Arveiller

1914 - 1997

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0580 GYMNAST

Colette Hué

Born 1932

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0581 BUSINESS

Gaston Haelling

1886 - 1958

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0582 ATHLETIC

Philippe Dien

Born 1957

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0583 LEPIDOPTERIST

Gilles Terral

1943 - 1998

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0584 POLITICIAN

Joseph Tommasi (Communist)

1886 - 1926

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0585 JOURNALIST

Jean-Baptiste Morain

Born 1965

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0586 RAPPER

Darryl Zeuja

Born 1989

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0587 SPORT

Guy Kédia

1934 - 2016

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0588 POLITICIAN

Daniel Mongeau

1942 - 2012

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0589 SPORT

Jean Raynal (cyclisme)

Born 1932

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0590 POLITICIAN

Pierre Mahias

1921 - 2013

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0591 LAWYER

Daniel Bastian

1906 - 1978

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0592 ARCHITECT

Édouard Lardillier

1908 - 1964

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0593 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jacques Vauclair (photographe)

1926 - 1999

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0594 PAINTER

Étienne Chevalier (peintre)

1910 - 1982

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0595 CIRCUS

Jeannette Mac Donald

1918 - 1999

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0596 ACTOR

Monna Delza

1882 - 1921

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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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0599 BUSINESS

Paul Reverdy

1924 - 2006

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0600 CARTOONIST

Daniel Chauvin

1939 - 1995

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