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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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0028 POLITICIAN

Nadine Morano

Born 1963

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0072 POLITICIAN

André Rousselet

1922 - 2016

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0114 POLITICIAN

Marc de Beauvau, Prince of Craon

1679 - 1754

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0128 POLITICIAN

Henri Georges Boulay de la Meurthe

1797 - 1858

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0130 POLITICIAN

Yaël Braun-Pivet

Born 1970

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0141 POLITICIAN

Éric Alauzet

Born 1958

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0149 POLITICIAN

Michel Goudchaux

1797 - 1862

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0160 POLITICIAN

Bruno Bilde

Born 1976

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0172 POLITICIAN

Charles-François de Ladoucette

1772 - 1848

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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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0234 POLITICIAN

Charles Louis Dieudonné Grandjean

1768 - 1828

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0238 POLITICIAN

Yanick Paternotte

Born 1951

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0261 POLITICIAN

Véronique Mathieu

Born 1955

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0266 POLITICIAN

Patrick Gérard

Born 1957

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0269 POLITICIAN

François René Mallarmé

1755 - 1835

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0292 POLITICIAN

Denise Cacheux

Born 1932

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0312 POLITICIAN

Philippe Morenvillier

Born 1965

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0315 POLITICIAN

François Borella

1932 - 2017

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0319 POLITICIAN

Isabelle Vasseur

Born 1959

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0328 POLITICIAN

Jules Duvaux

1827 - 1902

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0329 POLITICIAN

François Valentin (homme politique)

1909 - 1961

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0339 POLITICIAN

Gustav von Bartenwerffer

1872 - 1947

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0346 POLITICIAN

Claude Huriet

Born 1930

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0356 POLITICIAN

François Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe

1799 - 1880

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0371 POLITICIAN

Jean Lefèvre

1887 - 1973

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0374 POLITICIAN

François Werner (homme politique)

Born 1963

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0375 POLITICIAN

Job Durupt

1931 - 2017

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0378 POLITICIAN

Antoine Bertier

1761 - 1854

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0386 POLITICIAN

Bernadette Dupont

Born 1936

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0388 POLITICIAN

Thibault Bazin

Born 1984

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0390 POLITICIAN

Alain Larcan

1931 - 2012

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0409 POLITICIAN

Claude Léonard

Born 1948

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0410 POLITICIAN

Jérôme Durain

Born 1969

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0413 POLITICIAN

Henri Teitgen

1882 - 1969

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0443 POLITICIAN

Christine Lavarde

Born 1984

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0445 POLITICIAN

Joseph Zangiacomi

1766 - 1846

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0459 POLITICIAN

Jean-Claude Bardet

Born 1941

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0465 POLITICIAN

Jacques Baudot

1936 - 2007

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0477 POLITICIAN

Balthazard Grandjean

1760 - 1824

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0478 POLITICIAN

Charles Berlet

1878 - 1941

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0481 POLITICIAN

Joseph Vautrain

1818 - 1881

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0482 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques Denis

Born 1953

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0500 POLITICIAN

Claude-Joseph Mallarmé

1758 - 1835

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0506 POLITICIAN

Pierre Ruais

1907 - 1996

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0518 POLITICIAN

Jean Grillon

1875 - 1924

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0520 POLITICIAN

Jacqueline Nebout

1928 - 2015

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0529 POLITICIAN

Olivier Jacquin

Born 1964

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0535 POLITICIAN

Anne-Marie Schaffner

Born 1945

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0539 POLITICIAN

Léopold Turck

1797 - 1887

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0555 POLITICIAN

René de Ludre-Frolois

1864 - 1955

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0557 POLITICIAN

Gaston Rogé

1886 - 1963

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0560 POLITICIAN

Nicolas Régnier (homme d'État)

1783 - 1851

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0561 POLITICIAN

Antoine Joseph Drouot

1816 - 1897

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0564 POLITICIAN

Joseph-Maurice de Toustain-Viray

1728 - 1809

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0572 POLITICIAN

Paul Barbe

1836 - 1890

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0578 POLITICIAN

Louis Verdet

1744 - 1819

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0580 POLITICIAN

Jean Baptiste François Jacqueminot

1781 - 1861

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0581 POLITICIAN

Charles de Ravinel

1839 - 1905

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0588 POLITICIAN

Étienne Ancelon

1806 - 1886

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0605 POLITICIAN

François Augustin Thiry

1794 - 1875

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0606 POLITICIAN

Jean Simonin

1916 - 1993

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0609 POLITICIAN

Joseph Fawtier

1801 - 1866

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0610 POLITICIAN

François Volland

1838 - 1900

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0621 POLITICIAN

Charles-Henri Cournault

1876 - 1963

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0622 POLITICIAN

Pierre François Marchal

1785 - 1864

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0629 POLITICIAN

Edmond Berlet

1837 - 1886

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0640 POLITICIAN

Jean Lionel-Pèlerin

1901 - 1954

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0645 POLITICIAN

Christophe-Thiébault d'Hoffelize

1767 - 1842

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0646 POLITICIAN

Gérard Benhamou (homme politique)

Born 1947

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0649 POLITICIAN

Jules Corrard des Essarts

1865 - 1911

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0653 POLITICIAN

Patricia Burckhart-Vandevelde

Born 1946

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0657 POLITICIAN

Roger Boileau

1914 - 2001

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0659 POLITICIAN

Alfred Gabriel

1848 - 1915

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0670 POLITICIAN

William Jacson

1909 - 1973

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0677 POLITICIAN

Antoine Dubois de Riocour

1761 - 1841

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0679 POLITICIAN

Pierre Dieudonné Louis Saulnier

1767 - 1838

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0684 POLITICIAN

Charles Louis de Ludre de Frolois

1739 - 1798

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0685 POLITICIAN

Jean-Claude Demonté

1937 - 1990

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0695 POLITICIAN

André Vuillien

1924 - 2016

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0700 POLITICIAN

Alexandre Grosjean

1851 - 1922

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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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0715 POLITICIAN

Ludovic Gervaize

1857 - 1939

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0716 POLITICIAN

Nicolas André Tardieu

1790 - 1843

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0719 POLITICIAN

Albert Papelier

1845 - 1918

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0728 POLITICIAN

François Alexandre de Metz

1780 - 1840

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0732 POLITICIAN

Dominique Jacob

1735 - 1809

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0737 POLITICIAN

Jean-Louis Thomas

Born 1763

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0745 POLITICIAN

Guy Legris

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0746 POLITICIAN

Victor Engler

1884 - 1935

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0764 POLITICIAN

Monique Troedel

Born 1946

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