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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

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.

  1. Politician 1,799 0.8×
  2. Actor 1,636 1.6×
  3. Painter 1,632 3.2×
  4. Writer 1,043 1.6×
  5. Journalist 490 1.6×
  6. Architect 470 2.7×
  7. Film 463 1.9×
  8. Composer 451 1.8×
  1. Playwright 212 7.0×
  2. Sculptor 408 3.2×
  3. Painter 1,632 3.2×
  4. Architect 470 2.7×
  5. Photographer 207 2.2×
  6. Film 463 1.9×
  7. Composer 451 1.8×
  8. Diplomat 197 1.7×
  1. Football 445 0.2×

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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Showing 1,151 of 19,561 notable people

13562 BUSINESS

Francis Morel

Born 1948

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13565 ORGANIST

Patrice Galas

Born 1948

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13648 ARCHITECT

Jean-François Bodin (architecte)

Born 1946

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13649 ACTOR

Nicole Mirel

Born 1941

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13677 FILM

Michel Gauthier (réalisateur)

Born 1946

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13680 BUSINESS

Philippe Louis-Dreyfus

Born 1945

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13689 ARCHITECT

Olivier Rigaud

1947 - 2013

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13709 THEATRE

Bernard Pisani

Born 1945

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13718 MINERALOGIST

Georges Calas

Born 1948

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13727 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jean Larivière

Born 1940

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13735 CUISINIER

Gérard Vié

Born 1943

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13767 PHYSICIST

Élisabeth Giacobino

Born 1946

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13777 ARTIST

Jean-Gérard Imbar

1944 - 1999

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13827 ENGINEER

Claude Lobo

1943 - 2011

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13828 JOURNALIST

Jean-Claude Maurice

Born 1943

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13829 SINGER

Dany Logan

1942 - 1984

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13831 ACTOR

Christine Aurel

Born 1947

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13846 JOURNALIST

Yves Loiseau

Born 1943

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13879 AUDIO

Pierre Lenoir (ingénieur du son)

Born 1943

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13897 WRITER

Serge Koster

Born 1940

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13930 DOCTEUR

Daniel Le Couédic

Born 1948

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13937 SYNDICALISTE

Christian Le Lann

Born 1946

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13968 PROFESSEUR

Francis Godard

Born 1948

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13969 CERAMIST

Catherine Vanier

Born 1943

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13994 LINGUIST

Jean-Yves Pollock

Born 1946

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13995 JOURNALIST

Maurice Najman

1948 - 1999

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13996 ACTOR

Alain Dekok

Born 1947

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14005 ILLUSTRATOR

Christian Verdun

Born 1941

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14023 WRITER

Gérard Gavarry

Born 1946

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14038 NOVELIST

Jean-Marie Catonné

Born 1941

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14039 PHYSICIAN

Jean-Marie Bourre

Born 1945

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14074 PAINTER

Jean-Paul Agosti

Born 1948

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14137 WRITER

Jean-Yves Paumier

Born 1945

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14138 POLITICIAN

Raymonde Folco

Born 1940

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14196 HISTORIAN

Odette Chapelot

1945 - 2011

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14212 ARTISTE

Claude Andréotto

Born 1949

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14213 PUBLISHER

Christian Gallimard

Born 1944

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14219 POLITICIAN

Pierre Léautey

Born 1946

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14230 POLITICIAN

Guy Bailliart

Born 1946

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14251 BOTANIST

Colette Cusset

Born 1944

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14285 DIACONO

Emmanuel Maillard

Born 1947

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14314 COMPOSER

Patrice Mestral

Born 1945

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14344 OPERA

Christiane Issartel

Born 1943

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14363 FILM

Jean Pourtalé

1940 - 1997

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14386 LYRICIST

Jim Larriaga

Born 1941

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14402 BUSINESS

Philippe de Ladoucette

Born 1948

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14407 SCREENWRITER

Christian Labrande

Born 1948

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14419 MATHEMATICIAN

Nicole Desolneux-Moulis

1943 - 1999

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14423 PSYCHIATRIST

Christiane de Beaurepaire

Born 1942

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14456 SOCIOLOGIST

Bernard Kalaora

Born 1945

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14466 SCREENWRITER

Jacques Hiver

Born 1944

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14472 FOOTBALL

Daniel David

Born 1949

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14473 SAXOPHONIST

Jouk Minor

Born 1947

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14501 JOURNALIST

Évelyne Malnic

Born 1947

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14589 PRODUCER

Jacques Bisceglia

1940 - 2013

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14608 ACTOR

Florence Cayrol

Born 1949

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14619 POLITICIAN

François Froment-Meurice

Born 1949

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14629 POLITICIAN

Christine Chauvet

Born 1949

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14644 JOURNALIST

Patrice Arditti

Born 1949

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14663 WRITER

Isabelle Auricoste

Born 1941

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14753 SOCIOLOGIST

Bertrand Mary

Born 1946

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14758 WRITER

Jean-Paul Delessard

Born 1947

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14796 CHEF

Jean-André Charial

Born 1945

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14815 STAGE

Georges-François Hirsch

Born 1944

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14853 MAGISTRAT

Alain Lacabarats

Born 1949

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14860 POLITICIAN

André Sainjon

Born 1943

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14878 BUSINESS

Jacques Le Foll

Born 1946

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14950 PAINTER

Odile Levigoureux

Born 1945

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14961 PAINTER

Philippe Charpentier

Born 1949

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14973 SCREENWRITER

Anielle Weinberger

Born 1946

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15016 DESIGNER

Gérard Paris-Clavel

Born 1943

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15095 PAINTER

Joël Frémiot

Born 1947

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15108 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jacques Minassian

Born 1946

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15120 SOCIOLOGIST

Alain Cognard

Born 1945

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15130 BASSIST

Alby Cullaz

1941 - 1998

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15151 WRITER

Betty Duhamel

1943 - 1993

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15175 ARTISTE

Hervé Huitric

Born 1945

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15180 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Pierre Graff

Born 1947

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15192 ASTRONOMER

Jean-Louis Heudier

Born 1944

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15200 FILM

Olivier Nolin

Born 1947

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15218 ENGINEER

Michel Vieillefosse

Born 1948

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15220 ARTIST

Jean-Marie Nadaud

1946 - 2006

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15281 POLITICIAN

François Kosciusko-Morizet

1940 - 2015

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15282 ECONOMIST

Didier Schlacther

Born 1948

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15312 WRITER

Élisabeth Brisson

Born 1945

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15328 SINGER

Moustique (chanteur)

Born 1944

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15335 VATER

Prenses Fazıla

Born 1941

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15367 POLITICIAN

Alain Billon

1942 - 2017

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15399 THEATRE

Michel Crespin (metteur en scène)

1940 - 2014

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15405 TRUMPET

Frédéric Rabold

Born 1944

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15409 BIOGRAPHER

Gérard Unger

Born 1946

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15421 JOURNALIST

Lucien Logette

Born 1943

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15424 ACADEMIC

Laurent Degos

Born 1945

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15425 MUSIC

Frédéric Leibovitz

Born 1947

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15455 ÉTUDES

Danielle Mathieu-Bouillon

Born 1946

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15467 PAINTER

Thierry Sigg

Born 1940

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15481 WRITER

Roland de Muralt

Born 1947

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15510 JOURNALIST

André-Georges Hamon

1944 - 1999

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15514 BUSINESS

Claude Berda

Born 1947

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15568 THÉÂTRE

Patrice Martinet

Born 1948

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15575 BIOCHEMIST

Gérard Pascal

Born 1942

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15610 POLITICIAN

François Gautier (homme politique)

Born 1940

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15628 ENGINEER

Arnold Migus

Born 1948

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15685 BUSINESS

Jean-Philippe Thierry

Born 1948

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15757 ACADEMIC

Christiane Driesen

Born 1944

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15763 POLITICIAN

Gisèle Charzat

Born 1941

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15765 SCULPTOR

Vladimir Hofmann

Born 1945

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15789 ACTOR

Jean Valière

Born 1941

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15873 PHYSICIAN

Michel Garretta

Born 1944

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15876 BASKET

Laurent Dorigo

Born 1943

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15877 POLITICIAN

Jean-Gilles Berthommier

Born 1948

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15941 ACTOR

René Gonzalez

1943 - 2012

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15946 POLITICIAN

Didier Leroux

Born 1946

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15953 PHOTOGRAPHER

Gérard Vandystadt

Born 1948

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15966 LINGUIST

Marc Jimenez

Born 1943

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15971 PUBLISHER

Alain Lefebvre

Born 1947

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15975 WRITER

Alain Lévêque

Born 1942

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15977 FILM

Claire Pinheiro

1948 - 2001

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16015 WRITER

Émilie Salamin-Amar

Born 1948

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16032 MILITANT

Pierre Kneip

1944 - 1995

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16038 PAINTER

Armand Langlois

Born 1947

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16042 COLLECTOR

Patrice Trigano

Born 1947

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16053 BUSINESS

Alexandre de Lesseps

Born 1949

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16063 POLITICIAN

Michel Thauvin

Born 1943

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16091 POET

Colette Andriot

Born 1941

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16093 FONCTIONNAIRE

Denis Gautier-Sauvagnac

Born 1943

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16166 BASKET

Michel Longueville

Born 1946

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16173 PSYCHIATRIST

Catherine Reverzy

1946 - 2008

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16254 JUDGE

Michel M. J. Shore

Born 1948

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16280 WRITER

André Le Gal

1946 - 2013

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16338 BUSINESS

Bernard de Combret

Born 1942

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16350 POLITICIAN

Claude Vissac

1943 - 1995

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16355 BUSINESS

Françoise Sampermans

Born 1947

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16380 COLLECTOR

Félix Marcilhac

1941 - 2020

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16384 ARTIST

Patrick Dupré

Born 1945

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16422 ECONOMIST

Xavier de Bayser

Born 1946

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16428 ECONOMIST

Henri Philippe Reichstul

Born 1949

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16445 SOCIOLOGIST

Josette Trat

Born 1948

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16461 ATHLETIC

Pierre Viaux

Born 1945

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16550 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jean-Pierre Ducatez

Born 1941

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16625 DRIVER

Jean-Claude Lagniez

Born 1947

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16635 ACTOR

Katherine Adamov

Born 1945

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16664 GUITAR

Philippe Caillat

Born 1948

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16674 ART HISTORIAN

Alain Madeleine-Perdrillat

Born 1949

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16690 POLITICIAN

Odile Moirin

Born 1942

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16698 SINGER

Claudine Coppin

Born 1944

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16729 FILM

Michelle Podroznik

Born 1941

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16759 POLITICIAN

Alain Chastagnol

1945 - 2010

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16787 SKATER

Geneviève Burdel

Born 1946

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16821 BASSIST

Marc Bertaux

Born 1949

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16834 ACTOR

Janine Vila

Born 1942

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16835 SINGER

Hector (chanteur)

1946 - 2020

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16844 POLITICIAN

François Lebel

Born 1943

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16847 WRITER

Jeanne Hyvrard

Born 1945

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16856 KILLER

Guy Martel

Born 1940

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16886 BANK

François de Combret

Born 1941

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16915 FOOTBALL

Jean-Paul Kraft

Born 1942

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16928 BALLET

Monique Janotta

Born 1945

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16943 ENGRAVER

Hervé Mathieu-Bachelot

Born 1945

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16944 PLAYER

Jean-François Marchal

1949 - 2018

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16986 ACTOR

Sophie Darès

Born 1944

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16994 FILM

Bertrand Migeat

1945 - 2007

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17026 ARCHITECT

Ephraim Henry Pavie

Born 1947

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17039 ACTOR

Jean François Casanovas

1949 - 2015

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17044 ENGINEER

Michel Ugon

Born 1940

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17053 PAINTER

Hubert Rivey

Born 1943

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17068 CHEF

Pierre Chambrin

Born 1947

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17077 PAINTER

Françoise Pierzou

Born 1944

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17081 PAINTER

Dan Jacobson

Born 1942

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17091 ENGINEER

Christiane Schwartz

Born 1947

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17135 JOURNALIST

Sylvie Coyaud

Born 1944

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17141 SPELEOLOGIST

Jean-Michel Dumont

1941 - 1988

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17207 SPORT

Jean-Claude Blocher

Born 1949

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17217 ACTOR

Jacques Gencel

Born 1941

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17246 ART CRITIC

Jean-Christian Fleury

Born 1946

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17258 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Claudine Brelet

Born 1941

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17314 SCULPTOR

Alain Valtat

Born 1943

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17315 ACADEMIC

Michel Delamar

Born 1947

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17355 BUSINESS

Claire Dreyfus-Cloarec

Born 1946

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17387 PAINTER

Claude Fossoux

Born 1946

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17402 FILM

Michael Schock

Born 1948

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17434 FOTOGRAF

Philippe de Henning

Born 1943

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17439 CARDIOLOGIST

Patrick Aeberhard

Born 1945

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17440 COACH

Pierre Puvis

Born 1944

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17523 PRESBYTER

François-Marie Léthel

Born 1948

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17582 ATHLETIC

François Huard

Born 1945

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17586 POLITICIAN

Gérard Jeffray

Born 1943

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17604 RADIO

Bernard Schu

1946 - 1991

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17608 POLITICIAN

Jean-Claude Bahu

Born 1941

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17614 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Lapaire

Born 1942

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17651 ACTOR

Daphné Dayle

Born 1942

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17663 JOURNALIST

Geneviève Galey

Born 1944

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17681 WRITER

Jacqueline Queneau

Born 1947

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17710 SINGER

Marie Courcelle

Born 1949

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17736 PHOTOGRAPHER

Serge Korniloff

Born 1945

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17808 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Daniel Goudineau

Born 1949

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17841 ACTOR

Yvette Cuvelier

Born 1943

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17845 MUSIC

Juan Francisco Ortiz

Born 1947

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17936 JOURNALIST

Marc Wilmart

1944 - 2007

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17981 ARTIST

Janie Langlois

Born 1946

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18089 SPORT

Michel Rouquette (trampoline)

Born 1946

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18111 HOCKEY

Gilbert Itzicsohn

Born 1944

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18149 ARCHIVIST

Jean-Noël Herlin

Born 1940

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18155 PAINTER

Patrice Breteau

Born 1942

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18157 ICONOGRAPHER

Jean-Jacques Naudet

Born 1945

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18236 CHOREOGRAPHER

Daniel Charpentier

Born 1949

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18263 EMPLOYEE

Jean-Claude Irvoas

1949 - 2005

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18289 LINGUISTE

Patrice Pognan

Born 1946

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18342 ACTOR

Carole Lebel

Born 1946

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18426 LITERARY

Boris Hoffman

1946 - 2007

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18438 TRANSLATOR

Francine Kaufmann

Born 1947

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18496 JOURNALIST

Jean-Michel Gourevitch

Born 1949

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18573 MILITANT

Gilbert Roth

1945 - 2015

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18609 ATHLETIC

Jean-Claude Rampon

Born 1948

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18610 JOURNALIST

Guy Schwartz

Born 1942

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18611 BUSINESS

Thierry de Rudder

Born 1949

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18636 SPORT

Alain Plante

Born 1943

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18664 MAIRE

René Le Goff

1944 - 2010

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18676 ATHLETIC

Gérard Mahieu

Born 1941

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18680 DANCER

Laura Solórzano Foppa

Born 1949

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18688 PROFESSEUR

Alfred Spira

Born 1945

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18713 PHILOSOPHER

Marie-Dominique Popelard

Born 1949

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18714 POET

André Prodhomme

Born 1949

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18756 PLAYER

Marcel Lewin

Born 1946

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18760 JAZZ

Christian Bonnet (Musiker)

1945 - 2017

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18783 SWIMMER

Steve Rabinovitch

1942 - 1990

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18807 COMMERCE

Claude Jumelet

Born 1946

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18845 PAINTER

Cebarre

Born 1949

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18871 ORGANBUILDER

Gérald Guillemin

Born 1948

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18972 BANK

Denis Viénot

Born 1946

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18992 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jean-Luce Huré

Born 1942

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19055 PAINTER

Yves Poyet

Born 1942

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19070 PAINTER

Dominique Sanson

Born 1949

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19080 SOCIOLOGIST

Philippe Mallein

Born 1942

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19086 SCULPTOR

Frédérique Maillart

Born 1946

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19154 BUSINESS

Pascal Assathiany

Born 1946

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19162 ENTOMOLOGIST

Jacques Boudinot

1947 - 1999

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19195 ACTOR

Toula Grivas

Born 1943

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19212 WRITER

Dominique de Cérignac

Born 1947

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19246 LUTTE

Étienne Primard

Born 1944

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19328 MUSIC

Jean-Pierre Orfino

Born 1943

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19348 FILM

Alain Nauroy

Born 1943

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19353 POLITICIAN

Carmen Kirmes

Born 1941

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19358 DIPLOMAT

Jorge D’Escragnolle Taunay Filho

Born 1947

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19391 JOURNALIST

Christian Malcros

Born 1946

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19402 FILM

Pierre Rémy

Born 1947

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19406 FOOTBALL

Jacques Andrieux (Fußballspieler)

Born 1940

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19434 PAINTER

Martial Bidard

Born 1949

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19441 FILATELISTA

Jean Varga

Born 1940

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19447 WRITER

Alain Denis

Born 1941

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19485 DANCER

Alejandro Witzman Anaya

1947 - 1993

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