43.8369° N, 4.3600° E
NIMES
Most Famous People Born in Nimes, France
- Notable people
- 491
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1900
- Most distinctive
- Matador 126.2×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Nimes during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Nimes Is Known For
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Politician is Nimes's biggest profession — 16% of all notables (81).
Nimes over-indexes on matador — 126.2× the global rate.
Nimes under-produces actor — only 0.7× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Nimes's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Alphonse Daudet
1840 - 1897
François Guizot
1787 - 1874
Bernadette Lafont
1938 - 2013
Jean Paulhan
1884 - 1968
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
1712 - 1759
Jean Gaston Darboux
1842 - 1917
Yannick Agnel
Born 1992
Adolphe Crémieux
1796 - 1880
Jean Nicot
1530 - 1605
Vernon Dobtcheff
Born 1934
Pauline Lafont
1963 - 1988
Charles-Joseph Natoire
1700 - 1777
Marguerite Long
1874 - 1966
Bernard Lazare
1865 - 1903
Manuel Amoros
Born 1962
André Chamson
1900 - 1983
David Beauchard
Born 1959
Alice Belaïdi
Born 1987
Henry Bataille
1872 - 1922
Roger Bastide
1898 - 1974
Bartolomé Bennassar
1929 - 2018
Henri Donnedieu de Vabres
1880 - 1952
Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier
1823 - 1908
Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu
1800 - 1874
Jean Carrière
1928 - 2005
Robèrt Lafont
1923 - 2009
Pompeia Plotina
65 - 121
Jean-François Séguier
1703 - 1784
Gabriel Ferrier
1847 - 1914
Adil Hermach
Born 1986
Damien Abad
Born 1980
Ernest Denis
1849 - 1921
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne
1743 - 1793
Ernest Daudet
1837 - 1921
Henri-Jacques Espérandieu
1829 - 1874
Jean Reboul
1796 - 1864
Cyril Jeunechamp
Born 1975
Irvin Cardona
Born 1997
Auguste Chabaud
1882 - 1955
Claude Régy
1923 - 2019
Charles Jalabert
1818 - 1901
Claude Viallat
Born 1936
Hubert Gautier
1660 - 1737
Franck Pavloff
Born 1940
Raphaëlle Agogué
Born 1981
Robert Coulondre
1885 - 1959
Gaston Crémieux
1836 - 1871
Sébastien Bruno
Born 1974
Christian Dalger
Born 1949
Marius Moutet
1876 - 1968
Marc Bernard
1900 - 1983
Adrien Hardy
Born 1978
Paul Soleillet
1842 - 1886
Frédérique Hébrard
Born 1927
Anne-Marguerite Petit du Noyer
1663 - 1719
Christian Giudicelli
Born 1942
Loona Luxx
Born 1979
Isabelle Blanc
Born 1975
Léonce Bénédite
1859 - 1925
Jean-Pierre Solié
1755 - 1812
Émile Verdet
1824 - 1866
Jean-Baptiste Cotelier
1626 - 1686
Laurent Roussey
Born 1961
Charles Édouard Delort
1841 - 1895
Étienne Ozi
1754 - 1813
Claude Brousson
1647 - 1698
Gaston Milhaud
1858 - 1918
Émile Cheysson
1836 - 1910
Yvan Lachaud
Born 1954
Domitius Afer
-16 - 59
Maxime Hamou
Born 1995
Christian de La Malène
1920 - 2007
Sofiane Alakouch
Born 1998
Cathy Claret
Born 1963
Jean Bosc (dessinateur)
1924 - 1973
Louis Bourguet
1678 - 1742
Gabriel de Luetz
1508 - 1553
Ferdinand Poise
1828 - 1892
Ludivine Furnon
Born 1980
Kelly Gadéa
Born 1991
Mathieu Michel
Born 1991
Jules Duprato
1827 - 1892
André Fraigneau
1905 - 1991
Pierre-Michel d'Ixnard
1723 - 1795
Carlo Rim
1905 - 1989
Eva Serrano
Born 1978
Maurice Cammage
1906 - 1946
Castor of Apt
Died 420
Émile Decombes
1829 - 1912
Benjamin Valz
1787 - 1867
Théo Derot
Born 1992
Nicolas Rossard
Born 1990
Frédéric Paulhan
1856 - 1931
Nassim Si Ahmed
Born 1988
Titus Aurelius Fulvus
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Chantal Réga
Born 1955
Bernard Boissier
Born 1952
Anthony Ribelin
Born 1996
Abder Ramdane
Born 1974
Étienne Chauvin
1640 - 1725
André Gounelle
Born 1933
Jean-Paul Favre De Thierrens
1895 - 1973
Georges Aaron Bénédite
1857 - 1926
Albert Gisclard
1844 - 1909
Pierre Hubert L'Archevêque
1721 - 1778
Jacques Cassagne
1636 - 1679
François de Chabaud-Latour
1804 - 1885
Bonnafet Tarbouriech
Born 1952
Antoine Bigot
1825 - 1897
Jules Bonnet
1820 - 1892
Abdel Malik Hsissane
Born 1991
Émile Doumergue
1844 - 1937
Jean-Pierre Milovanoff
Born 1940
Denys Colomb de Daunant
1922 - 2006
Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy
Born 1987
Jacques-Luc Barbier-Walbonne
1769 - 1860
Léopold Morice
1846 - 1919
Élisabeth Barbier
1911 - 1996
Christian Liger
1935 - 2002
Gaston Casimir Saint-Pierre
1833 - 1916
Jean Novi de Caveirac
1713 - 1782
Damien Tixier
Born 1980
William Dumas
Born 1942
Barthélemy Imbert
1747 - 1790
Thibaut Privat
Born 1979
André-Pierre Arnal
Born 1939
Jean-Baptiste Lavastre
1834 - 1891
Jean-François Delmas (palaeographer)
Born 1964
Renaud Ripart
Born 1993
Jean-François Remésy
Born 1964
Yannis Baraban
Born 1972
Georges Bruguier
1884 - 1962
Jean Fabre de La Martillière
1732 - 1819
Maurice Gleize (résistant)
1909 - 2003
Jean-Marc Pontvianne
Born 1994
Antoinette de Beaucaire
1840 - 1865
Jacques Antoine Rabaut-Pommier
1744 - 1820
Rachid Ouramdane
Born 1971
Florian Fabre
Born 1987
Laurent Béteille
Born 1948
Jacqueline Dutheil de la Rochère
Born 1940
Jean-Pierre Michel
Born 1938
Fortuné Henry
1821 - 1882
Frédéric Arpinon
Born 1969
Suzanne Lafont
Born 1949
Jonathan Parpeix
Born 1990
Mohamed Benyachou
Born 1977
Louis Massebieau
1840 - 1904
Audrey Amiel
Born 1987
André Gardies
Born 1939
Georges Révoil
1852 - 1894
Georges Dillon-Kavanagh
1873 - 1944
Michel Pastre
Born 1966
Noël Madier de Montjau
1814 - 1892
Marc Betton
1945 - 2015
Michèle Peyron
Born 1961
Louis Alibaud
1810 - 1836
Bernard Lavergne (économiste)
1884 - 1975
Gabriel Donnadieu
1777 - 1849
Jacques Saurin
1677 - 1730
Edgard Milhaud
1873 - 1964
Jean Valadier
1878 - 1959
Olivier Gaillard
Born 1967
Yvan Daniel
1909 - 1986
François de Pierre de Bernis
1752 - 1823
Jean-Balthazar d'Adhémar
1736 - 1790
Jean Crespon
1797 - 1857
Vincent Capo-Canellas
Born 1967
Saint Honestus
Died 270
William Massot
Born 1977
Françoise Laurent-Perrigot
Born 1950
Vanessa Valence
Born 1972
Jean Bousquet (homme politique)
Born 1932
Jean-Daniel Causse
1962 - 2018
Reynaud Levieux
1613 - 1699
Emmanuel Boileau de Castelnau
1857 - 1923
Philippe Brassac
Born 1959
Jean-François Picheral
Born 1934
Henri Pertus
1908 - 1988
Paul Révoil
1856 - 1914
Jean-Marie Cambacérès
Born 1949
Anne Clément
Born 1940
Dounia Abdourahim
Born 1992
Luc Fraisse
Born 1959
Frédéric Mazé
Born 1972
Laurie Thomassin
Born 1978
Thomas Cadène
Born 1976
Henri Chabrol
1897 - 1981
Jean-César Vincens-Plauchut
1755 - 1801
Adolphe Pieyre
1848 - 1909
Louis Perrier (théologien)
1875 - 1953
Rémy Bonne
Born 1989
Paul Bonnetain
1858 - 1899
Jean Clairin
1876 - 1914
Coralie Chacon
Born 1987
Georges Gros
1922 - 2018
Simon Casas
Born 1947
Louis Roumieux
1829 - 1894
Eugène Camplan
1889 - 1944
Michel Nicolas (théologien)
1810 - 1866
Camille Mathéi de Valfons
1837 - 1907
Louis Vidal (sculpteur)
1831 - 1892
Pierre Picaud
1780 - 1815
Jean Bosc (homme politique)
1875 - 1959
Romain Thibault
Born 1991
Christian Milovanoff
Born 1948
Jean-Pierre de Mondenard
Born 1943
Numa Baragnon
1797 - 1871
Élian Cuvillier
Born 1960
Jean Poldo d'Albenas
1512 - 1563
Christian Assaf
Born 1972
Paul de Roux
1937 - 2016
Barbe (dessinateur)
1936 - 2014
Omar El Yazidi
Born 1995
Henri Mazel
1864 - 1947
Ferdinand Boyer
1823 - 1885
Alexis Genet
Born 1982
Barthélemy Guibal
1699 - 1757
Laure Thibaud
Born 1978
Henri Yrissou
1909 - 2009
Hugot
Born 1948
Lucien Lautrec
1909 - 1991
Patrice Canayer
Born 1961
Jean Raymond-Laurent
1890 - 1969
Eugène Hugot
1819 - 1903
Louis Périllier
1900 - 1986
Alphonse Bonhoure
1864 - 1909
Raoul Béteille
1924 - 2015
Alphonse Momas
1846 - 1933
Marc Dautry
1930 - 2008
Miyó Vestrini
1938 - 1991
Jules Salles
1814 - 1900
Eva Mazauric
Born 1971
Pierre-Albert Clément
1924 - 2014
Paul Maisonneuve (footballer)
Born 1986
Xavier Mussat
Born 1969
David Romo
Born 1978
Mehdi Beneddine
Born 1996
Jean Daudé
Born 1973
Matthieu Penchinat
Born 1982
Bernard Aubouy
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Maïté Bernard
Born 1970
Pierre Gamel
1889 - 1966
Jacques Poli
1938 - 2002
Évelyne Lebret
Born 1938
Bernard de Languissel
1240 - 1291
Adolphe Jourdan
1825 - 1889
Claude Baduel
1491 - 1561
Jean-Antoine Teissier de Marguerittes
1744 - 1795
Marcel Olivier
1879 - 1945
Alain Fabre-Pujol
Born 1957
Titys
1882 - 1951
Leontius of Fréjus
Died 488
Alain Fournier (photographe)
Born 1970
Pierre Baux
1708 - 1790
Albert Milhaud
1871 - 1955
Franck L'Hostis
Born 1990
Ernest Fontanès
1828 - 1903
Norbert Hillaire
Born 1949
Louis-Numa Baragnon
1835 - 1892
Alexandre Delmar
Born 1975
Michel Vernes
1940 - 2013
Émile-Honoré Cazelles
1831 - 1908
Jacques Clauzel
Born 1941
Emil Anton
Born 1904
Lucie Rauzier-Fontayne
1895 - 1986
Nicolas Girard (football)
Born 1978
Marie Ravel
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André Gouron
1931 - 2009
Pierre Ponsoye
1915 - 1975
Francis Siguenza
Born 1930
Pierre-Antoine Rabaut-Dupuis
1746 - 1808
William Herisson
1894 - 1969
Edmond Foulc
1828 - 1916
Christophe Quet
Born 1969
François Pesenti
Born 1969
Michel Tombereau
Born 1945
Michel Tozzi
Born 1945
Léon Poussigue
1859 - 1941
Xavière Simeoni
-
Christian Lacour
Born 1953
Numa Boucoiran
1805 - 1869
Nicolas Rainville
Born 1982
Jean Berstel
Born 1941
Antoine Gauzy
1879 - 1963
Ernest Zyromski
1862 - 1933
Pierre Lanvers
1918 - 2017
Roux de Marcilly
1623 - 1669
Patrick Laviosa
Born 1966
François Lagarde (photographe)
1949 - 2017
Henri Clamens
1905 - 1937
Azdin Rghioui
Born 1987
Yves Martin (ingénieur)
1936 - 2010
Simone Mazauric
Born 1945
Pierre Maury
1890 - 1956
Janine Cayet
Born 1943
Janine Bardou
1927 - 2008
Joseph de Bimard
1703 - 1742
Jean-Max Méjean
Born 1948
Gilles Leclerc (football)
Born 1967