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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Nancy during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Nancy Is Known For
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Politician is Nancy's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (95).
Nancy over-indexes on feudatory — 80.0× the global rate.
Nancy under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
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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- Politics & Law
- Writing
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- Film & TV
- Other
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Jules Achille Noël
1810 - 1881
François Hippolyte Lalaisse
1810 - 1884
Adèle Ferrand
1817 - 1848
Leopold Gondrecourt
1816 - 1888
Auguste Digot
1815 - 1864
Charles Toussaint
1813 - 1877
Paul Vidart
1817 - 1873
Joseph Vautrain
1818 - 1881
Louis Stanislas Faivre-Duffer
1818 - 1897
Arthur Cumming (Royal Navy officer)
1817 - 1893
Antoine Joseph Drouot
1816 - 1897
Jean-François Henrion-Bertier
1817 - 1901
François Édouard Virlet
1810 - 1889