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ORLEANS

Most Famous People Born in Orleans, France

Notable people
502
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1879
Most distinctive
Playwright 9.0×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Orleans during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Orleans Is Known For

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Politician is Orleans's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (64).

Orleans over-indexes on playwright — 9.0× the global rate.

Orleans under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician64
  2. Writer29
  3. Football29
  4. Priest18
  5. Historian17
  6. Actor16
  7. Painter16
  8. Lawyer14
  1. Playwright79.0×
  2. Driver63.9×
  3. Historian173.2×
  4. Priest182.4×
  5. Sculptor72.1×
  6. Engineer61.9×
  7. Writer291.8×
  8. Composer111.7×
  1. Football290.5×
  2. Actor160.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Orleans's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0033 PHILOSOPHER

Thérèse Levasseur

1721 - 1801

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0062 PHYSICIAN

Antoine Petit

1722 - 1794

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0073 ECONOMIST

Guillaume-François Le Trosne

1728 - 1780

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0119 PRESBYTER

Ambroise Chevreux

1728 - 1792

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0246 HISTORIAN

Joseph Louis Ripault-Desormeaux

1724 - 1793

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0295 ACTOR

Brizard (acteur)

1721 - 1791

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0350 PRELATE

Georges-Louis Phélypeaux d'Herbault

1720 - 1787

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0362 ARCHITECT

François-Michel Lecreulx

1729 - 1812

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0373 POLITICIAN

Jacques-Isaac Seurrat de La Boulaye

1728 - 1803

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0442 BUSINESS

Prosper Augustin Tassin de Charsonville

1728 - 1814

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0447 ECONOMIST

Claude Vandebergue-Seurrat

1725 - 1783

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0455 LAWYER

Charles Robert Boutin

Born 1722

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0464 BUSINESS

Charles François Tassin de Charsonville

1723 - 1804

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0478 MAGISTRAT

Jacques Charpentier de Boisgibault

1721 - 1794

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