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.

155016001650170017501800185019001950
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0060 ACTOR

Marc de Jonge

1949 - 1996

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0074 ETHNOLOGIST

François Bizot

Born 1940

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0091 DRIVER

Jean-Louis Schlesser

Born 1948

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0102 SINGER

Marie-France Dufour

1949 - 1990

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0121 BUSINESS

Gérard Lhéritier

Born 1948

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0137 MATHEMATICIAN

Michel Waldschmidt

Born 1946

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0140 JOURNALIST

Pierre-Luc Séguillon

1940 - 2010

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0148 WRITER

Martine Broda

1947 - 2009

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0152 ACADEMIC

Dominique Briquel

Born 1946

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0153 HISTORIAN

Claude Jeancolas

1949 - 2016

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0185 FOOTBALL

Yves Mariot

1948 - 2000

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0194 HISTORIAN

François Godement

Born 1949

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0201 PRIEST

Jean-Paul Jaeger

Born 1944

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0255 MUSIC

William Flageollet

1945 - 2019

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0279 MATHEMATICIAN

Marie-Claude Gaudel

Born 1946

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0284 CORRESPONDENT

Alain Louyot

Born 1948

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0299 MISSING

Gérard Croissant

Born 1949

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0376 SINGER

Bernard Haillant

1944 - 2002

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0377 WRITER

Jean-Marie Cuny

Born 1942

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0394 PRESSE

Michel Hommell

Born 1944

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0407 CRITIC

JP Géné

1949 - 2017

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0409 POLITICIAN

Claude Léonard

Born 1948

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0429 SCULPTOR

Simone Pheulpin

Born 1941

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0433 COMPOSER

Gérard Condé

Born 1947

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0459 POLITICIAN

Jean-Claude Bardet

Born 1941

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0471 SCULPTOR

Jean-François Chevalier

Born 1946

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0483 WRITER

Alexandre Dumal

Born 1949

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0494 HELLENIST

René Hodot

Born 1942

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0502 ENGINEER

Christian Scherer

1947 - 2017

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0504 PAINTER

Robert Scouvart

1946 - 2011

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0535 POLITICIAN

Anne-Marie Schaffner

Born 1945

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0623 AFFAIRES

Vincent Bastien

Born 1949

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0646 POLITICIAN

Gérard Benhamou (homme politique)

Born 1947

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0653 POLITICIAN

Patricia Burckhart-Vandevelde

Born 1946

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0666 HALTÉROPHILE

Pierre Gourrier

Born 1947

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0694 JOURNALIST

Jean-Claude Berthon

1942 - 2005

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0696 FOOTBALL

Daniel Sap

Born 1949

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0725 CAROM BILLIARDS PLAYER

Francis Connesson

Born 1948

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0764 POLITICIAN

Monique Troedel

Born 1946

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