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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0019 CINEMA

Bruno Delbonnel

Born 1957

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0024 COMPOSER

Pascal Dusapin

Born 1955

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0045 FOOTBALL

Olivier Rouyer

Born 1955

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0070 HISTORIAN

Gérard Noiriel

Born 1950

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0073 FILM

Nicolas Philibert

Born 1951

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0076 ACTOR

Tom Novembre

Born 1959

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0078 TRADE UNION

François Chérèque

1956 - 2017

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0099 PHOTOGRAPHER

Charlélie Couture

Born 1956

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0115 JOURNALIST

Jean Quatremer

Born 1957

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0117 NOVELIST

Gérald Tenenbaum

Born 1952

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0126 FOOTBALL

Philippe Jeannol

Born 1958

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0141 POLITICIAN

Éric Alauzet

Born 1958

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0155 MATHEMATICIAN

Denis Serre

Born 1954

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0166 LYRICIST

Lionel Florence

Born 1958

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0183 POLITICIAN

Jacques Lamblin

Born 1952

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0184 POLITICIAN

Dominique Bilde

Born 1953

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0202 POLITICIAN

Serge Blisko

Born 1950

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0216 CURATOR

Didier Ottinger

Born 1957

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0236 ATHLETIC

Pascal Thiébaut

Born 1959

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0238 POLITICIAN

Yanick Paternotte

Born 1951

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0239 ACTOR

Julie Arnold

Born 1955

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0261 POLITICIAN

Véronique Mathieu

Born 1955

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0266 POLITICIAN

Patrick Gérard

Born 1957

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0271 ECONOMIST

André Masson (economist)

Born 1950

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0294 FOOTBALL

Rachid Maâtar

Born 1957

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0319 POLITICIAN

Isabelle Vasseur

Born 1959

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0321 SINGER

Daniel Chenevez

Born 1959

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0343 SOCIOLOGIST

Antoine Hennion

Born 1952

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0344 HISTORIAN

Alain Michel (historien)

Born 1954

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0359 ARTIST

Bruno Heitz

Born 1957

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0382 JOURNALIST

Olivier Jay

Born 1958

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0396 ARTIST

Erik Arnoux

Born 1956

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0403 ACTOR

Marie-Bénédicte Roy

Born 1958

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0430 ACTOR

Pierre Laurent (acteur)

Born 1956

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0435 WRITER

Sébastian Danchin

Born 1957

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0451 FOOTBALL

Gérard Prêcheur

Born 1959

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0453 CARICATURIST

Philippe Tastet

Born 1957

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0456 WRITER

Lilyane Beauquel

Born 1953

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0462 ACTOR

Hervé Icovic

Born 1953

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0482 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques Denis

Born 1953

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0503 BANQUE

Patrick Werner

Born 1950

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0508 RACER

Gilles Picard

Born 1955

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0524 WRITER

Christine Van de Putte

Born 1958

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0542 DIPLOMAT

Jacques Champagne de Labriolle

Born 1955

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0552 PHOTOGRAPHER

Daniel Denise

Born 1955

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0587 DRIVER

Dominique Delestre

Born 1955

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0596 BUSINESS

Philippe Mellier

Born 1955

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0614 FOOTBALL

Claude Deplanche

Born 1957

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0616 TEACHER

Benoît Legait

Born 1954

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0617 PLAYER

Marc Chérèque

Born 1953

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0634 LAWYER

Étienne Tête

Born 1956

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0665 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gilles Durupt

Born 1956

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0667 JOURNALIST

Jean-Louis Caffier

Born 1956

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0682 ASTRONOMER

Christian Veillet

Born 1954

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0687 JOURNALIST

François Camé

Born 1958

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0688 PHOTOGRAPHER

Chantal Herbé

Born 1955

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0706 MILITAR

Philippe Stoltz

Born 1955

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