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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

0601 OFFICER

Charles de Bouteiller

1786 - 1850

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0602 LINGUIST

Julien Pélissier

Born 1978

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0603 POLO

Lou Counil

Born 1985

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0604 HOCKEY

Tarik Chipaux

Born 1987

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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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0607 ARCHITECT

Charles-François Chatelain

1802 - 1873

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0608 PREFECT

Charles Charvet de Blenod

1760 - 1813

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0609 POLITICIAN

Joseph Fawtier

1801 - 1866

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0610 POLITICIAN

François Volland

1838 - 1900

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0611 COMPOSER

Pierre Thilloy

Born 1970

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0612 PHOTOGRAPHER

Chenz

1934 - 1991

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0613 FOOTBALL

Youssef Moustaïd

Born 1976

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0614 FOOTBALL

Claude Deplanche

Born 1957

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0615 PAINTER

François Spierre

1639 - 1681

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0616 TEACHER

Benoît Legait

Born 1954

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0617 PLAYER

Marc Chérèque

Born 1953

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0618 PAINTER

Françoise Malaprade

Born 1934

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0619 OFFICER

Jean Pichot-Duclos

1935 - 2014

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0620 BASKET

Linda Bousbaa

Born 1991

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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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0623 AFFAIRES

Vincent Bastien

Born 1949

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0624 NAVY

Sir Henry Baker, 2nd Baronet

1787 - 1859

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0625 COMPOSER

Louis Auguin

1874 - 1952

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0626 MILITAR

Philippe Arnold

1933 - 2011

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0627 HORTICULTURIST

François Félix Crousse

1840 - 1925

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0628 ARCHER

Amandine Bouillot

Born 1984

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0629 POLITICIAN

Edmond Berlet

1837 - 1886

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0630 AVIATEUR

Pierre Weiss (aviateur)

1889 - 1970

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0631 EXPLORER

Nicolau Dreys

1781 - 1843

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0632 LAWYER

Michel Berr

1781 - 1843

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0633 PAINTER

Pierre Loeb (peintre)

Born 1934

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0634 LAWYER

Étienne Tête

Born 1956

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0635 OFFICER

Nicolas-François Christophe

1770 - 1839

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0636 KAVALLERIE

Karl de Ville

1705 - 1792

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0637 ACADEMIC

Jean Descrains

1930 - 1989

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0638 ACADEMIC

Pierre Gastinel

1898 - 1943

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0639 ART HISTORIAN

Ernest Boursier-Mougenot

1933 - 2013

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0640 POLITICIAN

Jean Lionel-Pèlerin

1901 - 1954

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0641 RUGBY

Marcel Picot

1893 - 1967

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0642 ATHLETIC

Jean Clausse

1936 - 2020

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0643 SCULPTOR

Léopold Wolff

1863 - 1924

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0644 MILITAR

Jean Le Bègue de Germiny

1727 - 1808

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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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0647 HANDBALL

Benoît Henry

Born 1976

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0648 ENTOMOLOGIST

André Hollande

1913 - 1998

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0649 POLITICIAN

Jules Corrard des Essarts

1865 - 1911

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0650 PHYSICIAN

Michel Boulangé

Born 1929

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0651 POLO

Léa Bachelier

Born 1993

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0652 ATHLETIC

Fabienne Locuty

Born 1968

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0653 POLITICIAN

Patricia Burckhart-Vandevelde

Born 1946

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0654 FOOTBALL

Christophe Bastien

Born 1976

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0655 BUSINESS

Emmanuel de Mitry

1892 - 1983

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0656 ARTISTE

André Kauffer (fils)

1893 - 1977

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0657 POLITICIAN

Roger Boileau

1914 - 2001

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0658 ARCHITECT

Émile Toussaint

1872 - 1914

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0659 POLITICIAN

Alfred Gabriel

1848 - 1915

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0660 DRIVER

Francis Roussely

Born 1937

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0661 GUERRE

Pierre de Gourcy

1705 - 1795

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0662 LAWYER

Joseph Prugnon

1745 - 1828

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0663 OFFICER

Charles Ambroise Thiry

1791 - 1868

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0664 PAINTER

Auguste Silice

1880 - 1951

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0665 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gilles Durupt

Born 1956

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0666 HALTÉROPHILE

Pierre Gourrier

Born 1947

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0667 JOURNALIST

Jean-Louis Caffier

Born 1956

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0668 EXPLORER

Edmond Ponel

1849 - 1923

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0669 MILITAR

Paul Kauffer

1870 - 1941

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0670 POLITICIAN

William Jacson

1909 - 1973

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0671 PHYSICIST

Gustave Hermite

1863 - 1914

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0672 LAWYER

François Mansuy Thiry

1765 - 1854

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0673 NAVY

Jean-Baptiste Léon Olry

1832 - 1890

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0674 PLAYER

Jean Ducos de La Haille

Born 1926

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0675 GROUPE

Philippe Bouriez

1933 - 2014

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0676 WRITER

Gisèle d'Estoc

1845 - 1894

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0677 POLITICIAN

Antoine Dubois de Riocour

1761 - 1841

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0678 MODEL

Henriette Sélincart

1644 - 1680

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0679 POLITICIAN

Pierre Dieudonné Louis Saulnier

1767 - 1838

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0680 OFFICER

Joseph-Gaspard d'Hoffelize

1765 - 1849

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0681 DRIVER

Gérard Sainpy

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0682 ASTRONOMER

Christian Veillet

Born 1954

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0683 ATHLETIC

Dior Delophont

Born 1994

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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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0686 BOTANIST

Claire Mohant

1851 - 1919

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0687 JOURNALIST

François Camé

Born 1958

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0688 PHOTOGRAPHER

Chantal Herbé

Born 1955

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0689 SCULPTOR

Victor Huel

1844 - 1923

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0690 PLAYER

Jacques Müntz

1881 - 1972

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0691 PAINTER

Michel Haumant

Born 1935

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0692 ROWER

Thibaut Hacot

Born 1995

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0693 ACTOR

Mademoiselle Valmonzey

1799 - 1835

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0694 JOURNALIST

Jean-Claude Berthon

1942 - 2005

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0695 POLITICIAN

André Vuillien

1924 - 2016

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0696 FOOTBALL

Daniel Sap

Born 1949

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0697 PRIEST

Playcard de Raigecourt

1708 - 1783

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0698 PRELATE

Jules Level

1802 - 1871

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0699 ENFANT

Suzanne Masson (1915-1991)

1915 - 1991

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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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0703 PLAYER

Philippe Salvan

Born 1965

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0704 CHEMIST

Marc Laffitte

1929 - 2016

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0705 PHILOSOPHER

Jean Frère

1924 - 2018

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0706 MILITAR

Philippe Stoltz

Born 1955

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0707 BANK

Pierre Leclerc Du Vivier

1530 - 1598

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0708 MISSING

Mengin Le Clerc

1450 - 1510

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0709 POLITICIAN

Georges La Flize

1798 - 1880

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0710 RÉSISTANT

Charles Gottlieb

1925 - 2015

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0711 POLITICIAN

Charles de Bourcier de Villers

1798 - 1874

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0712 THEATRE

Antoine Gindt

Born 1961

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0713 VIOLIN

Eléonore Darmon

Born 1986

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0714 COMPOSER

Nath

Born 1986

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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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0717 FOOTBALL

Frédéric Marcilly

Born 1977

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0718 PLAYER

Ségolène Berger

Born 1978

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0719 POLITICIAN

Albert Papelier

1845 - 1918

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0720 PUBLISHER

Charles Marpon

1838 - 1890

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0721 PAINTER

Sébastien Laurent (peintre)

1887 - 1973

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0722 EXPLORER

Joseph Charles Bailly

1777 - 1844

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0723 PLAYER

Maxime Thomas

Born 1983

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0724 JOURNALIST

Marie Marquet

Born 1976

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0725 CAROM BILLIARDS PLAYER

Francis Connesson

Born 1948

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0726 FILM

Jérôme Denis

Born 1976

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0727 MILITAR

Pierre François Viriot

1773 - 1860

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0728 POLITICIAN

François Alexandre de Metz

1780 - 1840

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0729 SPORT

René Koch

Born 1895

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0730 ATHLETIC

Andrée Malsert

Born 1933

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0731 RÉSISTANT

Jean Friess

1902 - 1944

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0732 POLITICIAN

Dominique Jacob

1735 - 1809

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0733 OFFICER

Jean-François Christophe (général)

1772 - 1827

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0734 BUSINESS

Pierre Couillard

1911 - 1999

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0735 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Claude Antoine Clériadus de Choiseul La Baume —

1733 - 1794

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0736 MANUFACTURER

François-Alexandre Seillière

1782 - 1850

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0737 POLITICIAN

Jean-Louis Thomas

Born 1763

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0738 JOURNALIST

Georges Houard

1893 - 1964

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0739 SPELEOLOGIST

Clément Drioton

Died 1935

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0740 OFFICER

Jean-François Henrion-Bertier

1817 - 1901

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0741 PRÉFET

Pierre Jean Louis de Vismes

1772 - 1826

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0742 FONCTIONNAIRE

Guy Servat

1924 - 2009

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0743 SPRINT

Georges Henry

1907 - 1981

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0744 PLAYER

Coralie Larnack

Born 1982

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0745 POLITICIAN

Guy Legris

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0746 POLITICIAN

Victor Engler

1884 - 1935

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0747 GUERRE

Coralie Cahen

1832 - 1899

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0748 SOLDIER

Roland Claude

1910 - 1943

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0749 OFFICER

Antoine Perrin de Brichambault

Born 1777

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0750 MILITAR

Pierre Victor Alexandre Ficatier

1803 - 1880

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0751 ARTIST

Pascal François

Born 1967

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0752 SKIER

Antoine Chaligny

1580 - 1651

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0753 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Charles Joseph de Nozières d'Envezin

1739 - 1808

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0754 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Charles Antoine Liébault

1771 - 1811

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0755 FONDEUR

Jean Chaligny

1529 - 1615

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0756 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Jacques Dominique Huin

1738 - 1818

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0757 GOLDSMITH

Ferdinand Kauffer

1852 - 1891

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0758 MILITAR

François Édouard Virlet

1810 - 1889

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0759 SCRIBE

Jean-François Mamel

1750 - 1807

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0760 HANDBALL

David Motyka

Born 1979

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0761 PAINTER

Lynanoue

Born 1939

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0762 SWIMMER

Lucette Berlioux

1919 - 1966

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0763 POLO

Frédéric Bitzer

Born 1960

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0764 POLITICIAN

Monique Troedel

Born 1946

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0765 PRIEST

Charles-Arnould Hanus

1723 - 1794

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0766 OFFICER

Charles Kessler

1836 - 1916

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0767 CHEMIST

Robert François Laugier

1722 - 1793

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0768 ORGANISTE

Line Zilgien

1906 - 1954

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0769 PAINTER

Jeanne Rosoy

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0770 BASKET

Claude Desseaux

1933 - 2020

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