48.6928° N, 6.1836° E

NANCY

Most Famous People Born in Nancy, France

Notable people
770
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1895
Most distinctive
Feudatory 80.0×

The old ducal seat of Lorraine, and the Sculptor and Architect benches together explain why Art Nouveau had to happen here — Émile Gallé and the École de Nancy working glass and iron into a style the tilework still wears. An Officer line and a thick Historian bench point further back, to the court that fed Europe Francis I of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke Charles III.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Nancy during each.

What Nancy Is Known For

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Politician is Nancy's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (95).

Nancy over-indexes on feudatory80.0× the global rate.

Nancy under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.

  1. Politician95
  2. Painter46
  3. Writer36
  4. Actor35
  5. Football33
  6. Officer21
  7. Sculptor21
  8. Artist18
  1. Feudatory980.0×
  2. Aristocrat97.0×
  3. Sculptor214.2×
  4. Officer214.1×
  5. Architect162.3×
  6. Artist182.3×
  7. Painter462.3×
  8. Historian162.0×
  1. Football330.4×
  2. Player100.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0106 GEOLOGIST

Gérard Paul Deshayes

1795 - 1875

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0128 POLITICIAN

Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe

1797 - 1858

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0149 POLITICIAN

Michel Goudchaux

1797 - 1862

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0188 SCULPTOR

Georges Jacquot

1794 - 1874

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0208 WRITER

Charles Varin

1798 - 1869

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0241 PSYCHIATRIST

François Leuret

1797 - 1851

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0253 MILITAR

Max-Théodore Cerfberr

1792 - 1876

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0259 RABBI

Marchand Ennery

1792 - 1852

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0278 HISTORIAN

Prosper Guerrier de Dumast

1796 - 1883

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0356 POLITICIAN

François Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe

1799 - 1880

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0439 BOTANIST

Hubert Félix Soyer-Willemet

1791 - 1867

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0492 COMMISSAIRE

Sébastien Louis Saulnier

1790 - 1835

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0507 JOURNALIST

Pierre-Daniel Martin-Maillefer

1798 - 1877

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0512 INSTITUTRICE

Virginie Mauvais

1797 - 1892

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0530 PAINTER

Paul Gomien

1798 - 1846

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0539 POLITICIAN

Léopold Turck

1797 - 1887

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0562 PLAYWRIGHT

Alphonse-Théodore Cerfbeer

1791 - 1859

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0605 POLITICIAN

François Augustin Thiry

1794 - 1875

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0663 OFFICER

Charles Ambroise Thiry

1791 - 1868

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0693 ACTOR

Mademoiselle Valmonzey

1799 - 1835

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0701 POLITICIAN

Pierre Forel

1795 - 1872

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0702 POLITICIAN

François Leclerc

1796 - 1875

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0709 POLITICIAN

Georges La Flize

1798 - 1880

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0711 POLITICIAN

Charles de Bourcier de Villers

1798 - 1874

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0716 POLITICIAN

Nicolas André Tardieu

1790 - 1843

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