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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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770 notable people

0301 DANCER

Rigolboche

1842 - 1920

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0302 ECONOMIST

Paul Cauwès

1843 - 1917

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0303 ARCHITECT

César Pain

1872 - 1946

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0304 ACTOR

Christophe Reymond

Born 1968

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0305 HANDBALL

Marie-Hélène Sajka

Born 1997

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0306 PAINTER

Eska Kayser

Born 1936

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0307 PAINTER

Claude Callot

1620 - 1687

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0308 FILM

Michel Gérard

Born 1933

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0309 COMPOSER

Josef Rudolf Lewy

1802 - 1881

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0310 JOURNALIST

Jean-Michel Maire

Born 1961

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0311 LAWYER

François Logerot

Born 1936

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0312 POLITICIAN

Philippe Morenvillier

Born 1965

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0313 FOOTBALL

Julien Tournut

Born 1982

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0314 SCULPTOR

Alfred Finot

1876 - 1946

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0315 POLITICIAN

François Borella

1932 - 2017

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0316 JOUEUSE

Loïc Féry

Born 1974

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0317 LEXICOGRAPHER

Jonas Ennery

1801 - 1863

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0318 ACTOR

Madeleine Cheminat

1908 - 2008

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0319 POLITICIAN

Isabelle Vasseur

Born 1959

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0320 JOURNALIST

Alexandra Schwartzbrod

Born 1960

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0321 SINGER

Daniel Chenevez

Born 1959

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0322 FILM

Jean-Michel Roux

Born 1964

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0323 ACTOR

Bernard Rousselet

Born 1935

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0324 PRIEST

Gisa (bishop of Wells)

Died 1088

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0325 ATHLETE

Valérie Wiet-Henin

Born 1967

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0326 HISTORIAN

Éric Mension-Rigau

Born 1962

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0327 PHILOLOGIST

Édouard Sommer

1822 - 1866

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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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0330 BASKET

Julien Bestron

Born 1986

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0331 RESEARCH

Xavier Galmiche

Born 1963

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0332 RELIGIOUS

Jacqueline de Chevigny

1911 - 1993

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0333 GEOLOGIST

Edmond Friedel

1895 - 1972

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0334 COMEDIAN

Frédérick Sigrist

Born 1977

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0335 ACTOR

Michel Didym

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0336 COLLECTOR

George Viau

1855 - 1939

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0337 OFFICIER

Émile Mayer

1851 - 1938

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0338 ESPERANTIST

Émile Grosjean-Maupin

1863 - 1933

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0339 POLITICIAN

Gustav von Bartenwerffer

1872 - 1947

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0340 ATHLETE

Magda Wiet-Hénin

Born 1995

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0341 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Johanna Siméant

Born 1969

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0342 WRITER

Nathalie Hug

Born 1970

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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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0345 PHYSICIAN

Jacques Benoit (biologiste)

1896 - 1982

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0346 POLITICIAN

Claude Huriet

Born 1930

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0347 SINGER

Laura Cahen

Born 1990

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0348 SOCIOLOGIST

Michel Lallement

Born 1962

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0349 WRITER

Maurice Colin

1913 - 1999

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0350 FOOTBALL

Pierre Germann

Born 1985

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0351 ECUMENISM

George Tavard

1922 - 2007

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0352 ARCHITECT

Claude Prouvé

1929 - 2012

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0353 ACTOR

Gisèle Grandpré

1912 - 2002

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0354 PHYSICIST

André Bernanose

1912 - 2002

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0355 ARCHITECT

Henri Prouvé

1915 - 2012

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0356 POLITICIAN

François Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe

1799 - 1880

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0357 PHYSICIAN

Jacques Parisot (médecin)

1882 - 1967

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0358 MISSING

Pierre Coppey

Born 1963

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0359 ARTIST

Bruno Heitz

Born 1957

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0360 DIPLOMAT

Adolphe Fourier de Bacourt

1801 - 1865

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0361 WRITER

Maurice Martin du Gard

1896 - 1970

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0362 SCULPTOR

Marie-Pierre Thiébaut

1933 - 2010

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0363 FOOTBALL

Charles-Elie Laprévotte

Born 1992

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0364 DRIVER

Henri Greder

1930 - 2012

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0365 COMPOSER

Joseph Charlot

1827 - 1871

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0366 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Gilles Roussel (universitaire)

Born 1968

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0367 ESSAYIST

Étienne Grass

Born 1979

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0368 ENTOMOLOGIST

Bruno Condé

1920 - 2004

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0369 WRITER

Jean-Pierre Alem

1912 - 1995

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0370 PRODUCER

Readymade (musicien)

Born 1966

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0371 POLITICIAN

Jean Lefèvre

1887 - 1973

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0372 SWIMMER

Geoffroy Mathieu

Born 1997

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0373 BASKET

Mérédis Houmounou

Born 1988

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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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0376 SINGER

Bernard Haillant

1944 - 2002

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0377 WRITER

Jean-Marie Cuny

Born 1942

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0378 POLITICIAN

Antoine Bertier

1761 - 1854

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0379 HISTORIAN

Olga Wormser

1912 - 2002

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0380 BANK

Adolphe d'Eichthal

1805 - 1895

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0381 WRITER

Raymond Schwab

1884 - 1956

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0382 JOURNALIST

Olivier Jay

Born 1958

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0383 PLAYER

Arnaud Josserand

Born 1963

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0384 CHEF

Frédéric Anton

Born 1964

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0385 TEACHER

Charles Toussaint

1813 - 1877

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0386 POLITICIAN

Bernadette Dupont

Born 1936

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0387 DIPLOMAT

Auguste Boppe

1862 - 1921

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0388 POLITICIAN

Thibault Bazin

Born 1984

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0389 FOOTBALL

Adam Bouzid

Born 1987

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0390 POLITICIAN

Alain Larcan

1931 - 2012

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0391 ARCHITECT

Prosper Morey

1805 - 1886

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0392 WRITER

Élise Voïart

1786 - 1866

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0393 POET

Bernard Vargaftig

1934 - 2012

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0394 PRESSE

Michel Hommell

Born 1944

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0395 PHYSICIAN

Paul Vidart

1817 - 1873

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0396 ARTIST

Erik Arnoux

Born 1956

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0397 DERMATOLOGIST

Robert Aron-Brunetière

1915 - 1994

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0398 ACTOR

Vérino

Born 1982

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0399 SCULPTOR

Joseph Mougin

1876 - 1961

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0400 ARTIST

Vincent Bailly

Born 1967

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0401 ENTREPRENEUR

Alexandre Sap

Born 1974

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0402 BIOLOGIST

Paul Ancel

1873 - 1961

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0403 ACTOR

Marie-Bénédicte Roy

Born 1958

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0404 LAWYER

Léon Lyon-Caen

1877 - 1967

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0405 MAN OF LETTERS

Marie Le Harivel de Gonneville

1827 - 1916

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0406 PAINTER

Auguste Desch

1877 - 1924

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0407 CRITIC

JP Géné

1949 - 2017

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0408 PHYSICIAN

François Rémy

1923 - 2015

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0409 POLITICIAN

Claude Léonard

Born 1948

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0410 POLITICIAN

Jérôme Durain

Born 1969

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0411 POET

Émile Hinzelin

1857 - 1937

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0412 FOOTBALL

Fabien Tissot

Born 1972

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0413 POLITICIAN

Henri Teitgen

1882 - 1969

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0414 FILM

André Heinrich

1923 - 2014

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0415 OFFICER

Philippe Christophe de Lamotte-Guéry

1769 - 1848

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0416 FEUDATORY

Henri de Lorraine-Chaligny

1570 - 1600

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0417 OFFICER

Frédéric Auguste de Beurmann

1777 - 1815

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0418 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Israël Henriet

1590 - 1661

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0419 PHOTOGRAPHER

Emmanuel Pierrot

Born 1967

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0420 SINGER

Houcine Camara

Born 1980

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0421 PLAYER

Simone Barbier

-

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0422 ACTOR

Romain Rondeau

-

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0423 HISTORIAN

Charles Mortet

1852 - 1927

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0424 ACTOR

André Carnège

1890 - 1969

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0425 MILITAR

Charles Joseph Dupont

1863 - 1935

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0426 WORLD WAR

René Duchez

1903 - 1948

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0427 ARTIST

Jean-Jacques Grüber

1903 - 1988

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0428 ART HISTORIAN

André Pératé

1862 - 1947

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0429 SCULPTOR

Simone Pheulpin

Born 1941

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0430 ACTOR

Pierre Laurent (acteur)

Born 1956

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0431 MANUFACTURER

René Fould

1875 - 1961

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0432 GEOLOGIST

René Nicklès

1859 - 1917

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0433 COMPOSER

Gérard Condé

Born 1947

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0434 CHANSONNIER

George Chepfer

1870 - 1945

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0435 WRITER

Sébastian Danchin

Born 1957

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0436 PAINTER

Albert Larteau

1870 - 1949

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0437 FOOTBALL

Jérôme Bottelin

Born 1978

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0438 WRITER

Matthieu Jung

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0439 BOTANIST

Hubert Félix Soyer-Willemet

1791 - 1867

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0440 PRIEST

Henri Stéphane

1907 - 1985

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0441 PAINTER

Charles François Nivard

1739 - 1821

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0442 OFFICER

Nicolas Liebault

1723 - 1795

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0443 POLITICIAN

Christine Lavarde

Born 1984

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0444 PRIEST

Jacques Gagnot

1753 - 1794

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0445 POLITICIAN

Joseph Zangiacomi

1766 - 1846

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0446 LAWYER

Pierre Kalck

1924 - 2004

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0447 PAINTER

Joseph Gilles

1679 - 1749

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0448 SCULPTOR

Jean Hardy (sculpteur)

1653 - 1737

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0449 ACTOR

Georges Vinter

1879 - 1945

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0450 SPORT

Paul Konsler

1913 - 2007

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0451 FOOTBALL

Gérard Prêcheur

Born 1959

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0452 ARCHITECT

Charles-Désiré Bourgon

1855 - 1915

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0453 CARICATURIST

Philippe Tastet

Born 1957

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0454 SPORT

Séverine Hansen

Born 1981

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0455 ASTRONOMER

Prosper-Mathieu Henry

1849 - 1903

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0456 WRITER

Lilyane Beauquel

Born 1953

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0457 ATHLETIC

Claude Heim

1912 - 2002

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0458 ARCHITECT

Paul Charbonnier

1865 - 1953

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0459 POLITICIAN

Jean-Claude Bardet

Born 1941

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0460 WRITER

Arnaud Dudek

Born 1979

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0461 SCULPTOR

Henri Guingot

1897 - 1952

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0462 ACTOR

Hervé Icovic

Born 1953

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0463 JOURNALIST

Jean-Louis Hurst

1935 - 2014

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0464 HISTORIAN

Jean Baradez

1895 - 1969

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0465 POLITICIAN

Jacques Baudot

1936 - 2007

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0466 LIBRAIRE

Lucien Wiener

1828 - 1909

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0467 SCULPTOR

Émile Just Bachelet

1892 - 1981

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0468 ARCHITECT

Victor Poirel

1804 - 1881

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0469 ENGRAVER

Ferdinand de Saint-Urbain

1658 - 1738

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0470 JOURNALIST

Antoine Genton

Born 1978

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0471 SCULPTOR

Jean-François Chevalier

Born 1946

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0472 TRANSLATOR

Auguste Edgard Dietrich

1846 - 1905

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0473 WRITER

Joseph Farnel

Born 1932

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0474 SCULPTOR

Georges Clère

1829 - 1895

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0475 PHYSICIST

Jean-Pierre Rothé

1906 - 1991

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0476 ECONOMIST

Jean-Luc Tavernier

Born 1961

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0477 POLITICIAN

Balthazard Grandjean

1760 - 1824

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0478 POLITICIAN

Charles Berlet

1878 - 1941

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0479 ARCHITECT

Jules Criqui

1883 - 1951

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0480 WRITER

Jimmy Sabater (écrivain)

Born 1969

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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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0483 WRITER

Alexandre Dumal

Born 1949

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0484 PLAYER

Hélène Schleck

Born 1986

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0485 BUSINESS

Henri Poupart-Lafarge

Born 1969

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0486 VICTIME

Annette Zelman

1921 - 1942

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0487 LIBÉRATION

Jean Tulasne

1912 - 1943

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0488 PAINTER

Louis Stanislas Faivre-Duffer

1818 - 1897

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0489 ROWER

Jonathan Mathis

Born 1981

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0490 PAINTER

Claude Jacquart

1686 - 1736

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0491 ENGRAVER

Édouard Henry-Baudot

1871 - 1953

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0492 COMMISSAIRE

Sébastien Louis Saulnier

1790 - 1835

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0493 LAWYER

Charles Welche

1828 - 1902

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0494 HELLENIST

René Hodot

Born 1942

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0495 PHYSICIAN

Charles Le Pois

1563 - 1633

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0496 MAGISTRAT

Rémy Heitz

Born 1963

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0497 ART DEALER

Hervé Bize

Born 1966

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0498 HISTORIAN

Roger Berg

1910 - 1994

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0499 WRITER

Fernand François

1900 - 1991

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0500 POLITICIAN

Claude-Joseph Mallarmé

1758 - 1835

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0501 PRINTMAKER

Xavier Willemin

1763 - 1833

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0502 ENGINEER

Christian Scherer

1947 - 2017

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0503 BANQUE

Patrick Werner

Born 1950

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0504 PAINTER

Robert Scouvart

1946 - 2011

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0505 HANDBALL

Pierre Ragot

Born 1986

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0506 POLITICIAN

Pierre Ruais

1907 - 1996

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0507 JOURNALIST

Pierre-Daniel Martin-Maillefer

1798 - 1877

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0508 RACER

Gilles Picard

Born 1955

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0509 PRIEST

Louis-Gabriel-Xavier Jantzen

1885 - 1953

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0510 WRITER

Charles Demange

1884 - 1909

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0511 BIOLOGIST

Andrée Tétry

1907 - 1992

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0512 INSTITUTRICE

Virginie Mauvais

1797 - 1892

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0513 PSYCHIATRIST

Émile Malespine

1892 - 1953

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0514 LIBRARIAN

Victor Mortet

1855 - 1914

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0515 WRITER

Jules Rais

1872 - 1943

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0516 WRITER

Antonin Potoski

Born 1974

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0517 ARTIST

Éric Chabbert

Born 1966

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0518 POLITICIAN

Jean Grillon

1875 - 1924

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0519 ENGINEER

Charles Ernest Huin

1836 - 1912

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0520 POLITICIAN

Jacqueline Nebout

1928 - 2015

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0521 MYCOLOGIST

Henri Jean Maresquelle

1898 - 1977

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0522 ENGINEER

Lucien Daubrée

1844 - 1921

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0523 PLAYWRIGHT

Georges-Marie Bernanose

1898 - 1974

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0524 WRITER

Christine Van de Putte

Born 1958

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0525 LAWYER

Olivier Baratelli

Born 1964

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0526 MATHEMATICIAN

Charles Guépratte

1777 - 1857

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0527 MILITAR

Joseph-Louis d'Haussonville

1737 - 1806

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0528 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Jules Beaupré

1859 - 1921

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0529 POLITICIAN

Olivier Jacquin

Born 1964

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0530 PAINTER

Paul Gomien

1798 - 1846

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0531 OFFICER

Antoine Barré

1853 - 1926

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0532 SCULPTOR

Eugène Gatelet

1874 - 1932

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0533 COMPOSER

Alexis de Garaudé (Komponist, 1779)

1779 - 1852

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0534 PAINTER

Thierry Bellangé

1596 - 1638

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0535 POLITICIAN

Anne-Marie Schaffner

Born 1945

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0536 ARTIST

Bernadette Bour

Born 1939

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0537 INVENTOR

Louis Sébastien Jacquet de Malzet

1715 - 1800

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0538 ATHLETIC

Benjamin Choquert

Born 1986

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0539 POLITICIAN

Léopold Turck

1797 - 1887

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0540 NAVY

Arthur Cumming (Royal Navy officer)

1817 - 1893

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0541 PHILOSOPHER

Albert Leclère

1867 - 1920

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0542 DIPLOMAT

Jacques Champagne de Labriolle

Born 1955

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0543 PRIEST

François Antoine Etienne de Gourcy-Pagny

1719 - 1805

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0544 LAWYER

Émile Goutière-Vernolle

1855 - 1927

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0545 ENGINEER

Jean L'Hoste

1586 - 1631

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0546 PIANIST

Bruno Peltre

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0547 PRELATE

Jacques-Alexis Jacquemin

1750 - 1832

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0548 ACTOR

René Marjac

1908 - 1993

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0549 PAINTER

Nicolas Sébastien Maillot

1781 - 1856

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0550 ARTIST

Cécile Paris

Born 1970

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0551 PAINTER

Nicolas Perignon

1726 - 1782

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0552 PHOTOGRAPHER

Daniel Denise

Born 1955

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0553 ARTIST

Clément Hurel

1927 - 2008

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0554 ACTOR

Jacques Bézard

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0555 POLITICIAN

René de Ludre-Frolois

1864 - 1955

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0556 WORLD WAR

Robert Guédon

1902 - 1978

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0557 POLITICIAN

Gaston Rogé

1886 - 1963

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0558 BADMINTON

Thomas Baures

Born 1998

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0559 GENERALMAJOR

Julius Joseph Bernay von Favancourt

1804 - 1880

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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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0562 PLAYWRIGHT

Alphonse-Théodore Cerfbeer

1791 - 1859

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0563 PAINTER

André Boursier-Mougenot

1892 - 1971

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0564 POLITICIAN

Joseph-Maurice de Toustain-Viray

1728 - 1809

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0565 COMPOSER

Julien Copeaux

1972 - 2003

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0566 ARTIST

Laureline Mattiussi

Born 1978

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0567 LAWYER

Émile Larcher

1869 - 1918

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0568 ATHLETIC

Adrien Courtois

1905 - 1981

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0569 AEROSPACE

Yves Lambert

Born 1936

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0570 LAWYER

Charles-Antoine Saladin

1761 - 1832

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0571 WRITER

Victor Baudot

1843 - 1922

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0572 POLITICIAN

Paul Barbe

1836 - 1890

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0573 ATHLETE

Audrey Maurice

Born 1977

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0574 MUSIC

Marboss

Born 1969

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0575 PAINTER

François Senémont

1720 - 1782

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0576 ACTOR

Véronique Moest

Died 1996

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0577 PAINTER

Charles Herbel

1656 - 1702

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0578 POLITICIAN

Louis Verdet

1744 - 1819

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0579 ORFÈVRE

André Kauffer

1867 - 1937

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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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0582 INDEPENDENCE

René-Bernard Chapuy

1746 - 1809

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0583 DOCTEUR

Pascal Viné

Born 1963

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0584 MILITAR

Charles Louis Joseph Bazoche

1784 - 1853

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0585 DÉCORATEUR

Charles Fridrich

1876 - 1952

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0586 MILITAR

Charles François Duhoux

1736 - 1799

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0587 DRIVER

Dominique Delestre

Born 1955

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0588 POLITICIAN

Étienne Ancelon

1806 - 1886

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0589 ARCHITECT

Jean-Nicolas Jennesson

1686 - 1755

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0590 FOOTBALL

Romain Chouleur

Born 1986

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0591 FOOTBALL

Michel Engel

Born 1970

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0592 INVESTISSEMENT

Gabrielle Gauthey

Born 1962

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0593 PAINTER

Henry Blahay

1869 - 1941

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0594 ENGINEER

Édouard-Émile Saladin

1856 - 1917

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0595 PAINTER

Paul Rémy (peintre)

1897 - 1981

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0596 BUSINESS

Philippe Mellier

Born 1955

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0597 EXPLORER

Paul Braulot

1861 - 1897

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0598 PAINTER

Charles-Alexis Huin

1735 - 1796

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0599 GERONTOLOGIST

Gérard Cuny

1925 - 1996

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0600 FOOTBALL

Jessy Savine

Born 1976

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