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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 1530s Clear ×
Diane de France
1538 - 1619
Étienne Jodelle
1532 - 1573
Claude Fauchet (historian)
1530 - 1602
Guillaume de Baillou
1538 - 1616
Charles de Montmorency-Damville
1537 - 1612
Philippe Danfrie
1530 - 1606
Achille de Harlay
1536 - 1616
Petrus Morinus
1531 - 1608
John de Beauchesne
1538 - 1620
Pierre Eskrich
1530 - 1590
Louis Le Caron
1534 - 1613
François d'O
1535 - 1594
Louis de Foix (ingénieur)
1530 - 1604
Pierre Brûlart, seigneur de Genlis
1535 - 1608
Louis Cappel de Montgemberg
1534 - 1586