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PARIS
Most Famous People Born in Paris, France
- Notable people
- 19,561
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- Median birth year
- 1888
- Most distinctive
- Playwright 7.0×
Paris is the salon and the studio. Notable births stretch unbroken from the late Renaissance through the Belle Époque to the Nouvelle Vague, and whole subgenres of fame — the chansonnier, the salonnière, the ébéniste, the gallerist — exist here at densities found almost nowhere else. Painters, playwrights, sculptors, and architects crowd every century since 1600, and each era seems to leave its own profession on the books before the next one arrives.
Standouts
Notable Births by Decade
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What Paris Is Known For
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Politician is Paris's biggest profession — 9% of all notables (1,799).
Paris over-indexes on playwright — 7.0× the global rate.
Paris under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Paris's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Music
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1510s Clear ×
Pierre Lescot
1515 - 1578
Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau
1510 - 1585
Louis Bourgeois (composer)
1510 - 1560
Claude Gervaise
1510 - 1558
Robert Granjon
1513 - 1589
Thomas Sébillet
1512 - 1589
Étienne Delaune
1518 - 1583
Gilles Corrozet
1510 - 1568
Guillaume Viole
1515 - 1568
Henri Cleutin
1515 - 1566
Gilles Bourdin
1517 - 1570
Richard Leblanc
1510 - 1580
Guillaume Bailly
1519 - 1582
Jean d'Alesso
1513 - 1572