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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.
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- Politics & Law
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- Filtered to 1580s Clear ×
Cardinal Richelieu
1585 - 1642
Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
1580 - 1637
Pierre Séguier
1588 - 1672
François de La Mothe Le Vayer
1588 - 1672
Jean-Pierre Camus
1584 - 1652
Jean-François de Gondi
1584 - 1654
Robert Arnauld d'Andilly
1589 - 1674
Alphonse-Louis du Plessis de Richelieu
1582 - 1653
Claude Mydorge
1585 - 1647
Éléonore de Bourbon
1587 - 1619
Mathieu Molé
1584 - 1656
Jérôme Bignon
1589 - 1656
Claude Bouthillier
1581 - 1652
Simon Guillain
1589 - 1658
Jean Androuet du Cerceau
1585 - 1649
Achille Harlay de Sancy
1581 - 1646
Jean de Lauson
1583 - 1666
Hubert Le Sueur
1580 - 1658
Charles Lallemant
1587 - 1674
Charles de La Vieuville
1583 - 1653
Marie Rollet
1580 - 1649
Guy Michel Lejay
1588 - 1674
Nicolas-Hugues Ménard
1585 - 1644
Pierre Bergeron (géographe)
1580 - 1637
Christophe Justel
1580 - 1649
François II de Harlay
1585 - 1653
Sébastien Zamet (1588-1655)
1588 - 1655
Guillaume Berthelot
1583 - 1648
François Bourgoing (priest)
1585 - 1662
Pierre Brûlart, marquis de Sillery
1583 - 1640
Pierre Dumonstier II
1585 - 1656
Louis Constantin
1585 - 1657
Sébastien Cramoisy
1584 - 1669
Claude de Rueil
1581 - 1649
André du Saussay
1589 - 1675
Jacques Cousinot
1585 - 1646
Dominique de Vic (1588-1661)
1588 - 1661
Henry Blackwood (médecin)
1588 - 1634
Pierre Blanchot
1589 - 1637
Simon Legras
1588 - 1656
Emery de Bragelongne
1580 - 1645
Guillaume Aleaume
1586 - 1634
Nicolas Sanguin
1580 - 1653
Pierre Habert de Montmor
1581 - 1636
René de Marillac
1588 - 1621
Jean de Clausse de Monchy
Born 1587
Pierre Ier Le Blanc
1588 - 1671
Louis Chantereau Le Fèvre
1588 - 1658