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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Émile Gallé
1846 - 1904
Louis-Émile Bertin
1840 - 1924
Eugène Gigout
1844 - 1925
Prosper-René Blondlot
1849 - 1930
Henri-Léopold Lévy
1840 - 1904
Méry Laurent
1849 - 1900
Charles René Zeiller
1847 - 1915
Alexandre Percin
1846 - 1928
Rigolboche
1842 - 1920
Paul Cauwès
1843 - 1917
Prosper-Mathieu Henry
1849 - 1903
Auguste Edgard Dietrich
1846 - 1905
Lucien Daubrée
1844 - 1921
Victor Baudot
1843 - 1922
François Félix Crousse
1840 - 1925
Alfred Gabriel
1848 - 1915
Edmond Ponel
1849 - 1923
Gisèle d'Estoc
1845 - 1894
Victor Huel
1844 - 1923
Albert Papelier
1845 - 1918