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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.

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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.

  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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0027 PRODUCER

David Guetta

Born 1967

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0055 ACTOR

Vincent Cassel

Born 1966

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0081 SINGER

Manu Chao

Born 1961

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0087 ACTOR

Mathieu Kassovitz

Born 1967

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0092 COMPOSER

Alexandre Desplat

Born 1961

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0105 FILM

Michel Hazanavicius

Born 1967

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0123 FILM

François Ozon

Born 1967

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0149 ACTOR

Emmanuelle Seigner

Born 1966

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0163 ACTOR

Samy Naceri

Born 1961

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0171 ACTOR

Anne Parillaud

Born 1960

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0180 ACTOR

Irène Jacob

Born 1966

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0203 DESIGNER

Christian Louboutin

Born 1964

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0205 ACTOR

Yeardley Smith

Born 1964

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0235 ACTOR

Olivier Martinez

Born 1966

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0253 BASKET

Dominique Wilkins

Born 1960

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0261 ACTOR

Jeanne Balibar

Born 1968

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0367 ACTOR

Emmanuelle Bercot

Born 1967

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0390 ACTOR

Noémie Lvovsky

Born 1964

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0407 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Alberto Angela

Born 1962

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0420 ACTOR

José Garcia (actor)

Born 1966

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0444 POLITICIAN

François Baroin

Born 1965

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0461 ACTOR

Julie Dreyfus

Born 1966

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0471 CIVIL SERVICE

Jean-Michel Blanquer

Born 1964

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0481 ACTOR

Eva Ionesco

Born 1965

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0493 ACTOR

Sebastian Roché

Born 1964

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0517 BALLET

Sylvie Guillem

Born 1965

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0525 COMEDIAN

Élie Semoun

Born 1963

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0546 SCREENWRITER

Christophe Barratier

Born 1963

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0601 ACTOR

Solveig Dommartin

1961 - 2007

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0607 ACTOR

Guillaume de Tonquédec

Born 1966

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0613 ARTIST

Mr. Brainwash

Born 1966

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0629 ACTOR

Laurent Lucas

Born 1965

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0665 ACTOR

Stéphane Freiss

Born 1960

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0678 PHILOSOPHER

Quentin Meillassoux

Born 1967

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0704 ACTOR

Olivier Gruner

Born 1960

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0705 ACTOR

Christian Vadim

Born 1963

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0734 ACTOR

Marianne Denicourt

Born 1966

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0743 CONDUCTOR

Marc Minkowski

Born 1962

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0754 WRITER

Jérôme Ferrari

Born 1968

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0762 PIANIST

Alexandre Tharaud

Born 1968

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0795 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Yann LeCun

Born 1960

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0814 BILLIONAIRE

Pierre Omidyar

Born 1968

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0820 ARTIST

Pierre Huyghe

Born 1962

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0824 SINGER

Axel Bauer

Born 1961

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0831 SINGER

Thomas Fersen

Born 1963

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0837 ACTOR

Samir Guesmi

Born 1967

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0864 PHOTOGRAPHER

Stéphane Sednaoui

Born 1963

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0869 FILM

Jean-François Richet

Born 1966

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0875 COMPOSER

Laurent Boutonnat

Born 1961

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0884 ACTOR

Lionel Abelanski

Born 1964

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0889 FILM

Nabil Ayouch

Born 1969

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0899 ACTOR

Charlotte Valandrey

Born 1968

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0955 REAL ESTATE

Nicolas Berggruen

Born 1961

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1033 JOURNALIST

Nikos Aliagas

Born 1969

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1046 MUSIC

Jesse Cook

Born 1964

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1060 SINGER

Lisa Angell

Born 1968

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1095 ACTOR

Florence Pernel

Born 1966

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1103 FILM

Éric Lartigau

Born 1964

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1106 ACTOR

Nina Morato

Born 1966

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1108 SCREENWRITER

Éric Rochant

Born 1961

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1111 ACTOR

Bruno Wolkowitch

Born 1961

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1144 ACTOR

Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

Born 1963

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1149 CONDUCTOR

Emmanuelle Haïm

Born 1962

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1186 WRITER

Sergi Pàmies

Born 1960

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1193 FILM

Pascale Ferran

Born 1960

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1265 WRITER

Agnès Desarthe

Born 1966

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1288 CHOREOGRAPHER

Manuel Legris

Born 1964

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1307 SCREENWRITER

Sébastien Lifshitz

Born 1968

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1321 SINGER

Stéphane Sanseverino

Born 1961

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1324 SINGER

Fab Morvan

Born 1966

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1351 FILM

Arnaud des Pallières

Born 1961

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1377 COMPOSER

Stéphane Pompougnac

Born 1968

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1395 PROFESSOR

Yoshua Bengio

Born 1964

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1441 CHOREOGRAPHER

Marie-Claude Pietragalla

Born 1963

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1456 PHYSICIAN

Agnès Buzyn

Born 1962

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1468 ACTOR

Serge Hazanavicius

Born 1963

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1519 FILM

Pascal Chaumeil

1961 - 2015

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1528 MUSIC

Renaud Garcia-Fons

Born 1962

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1576 FILM

Franck Khalfoun

Born 1968

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1591 ACTOR

Emmanuel Bourdieu

Born 1965

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1592 CONDUCTOR

Bertrand de Billy

Born 1965

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1625 ACTOR

JB Blanc

Born 1969

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1662 HUMOURIST

Anne Roumanoff

Born 1965

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1669 ARTIST

Claude Closky

Born 1963

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1670 ACTOR

Marilyne Canto

Born 1963

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1695 SINGER

Corynne Charby

Born 1960

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1708 SINGER

Jean-Pierre Barda

Born 1967

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1744 ACTOR

François Levantal

Born 1960

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1781 PHILOSOPHER

Sandra Laugier

Born 1961

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1797 NOVELIST

Amanda Filipacchi

Born 1967

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1838 HISTORIAN

Jean-Pierre Filiu

Born 1961

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1839 ACTOR

Bruno Solo

Born 1964

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1881 ACTOR

Armelle

Born 1969

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1913 FILM

Nadia El Fani

Born 1960

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1916 SCREENWRITER

Jean-Paul Salomé

Born 1960

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1928 WRITER

Catherine Cusset

Born 1963

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1939 COMPOSER

Nicolas Bacri

Born 1961

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1965 PAINTER

Fabienne Verdier

Born 1962

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1968 SINGER

Arthur H

Born 1966

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1974 WRITER

Philippe Forest

Born 1962

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1995 ACTOR

Princess Erika

Born 1964

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2022 CONDUCTOR

Laurence Equilbey

Born 1962

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2037 WRITER

Emmanuel Guibert

Born 1964

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2042 WRITER

Frédéric Lenormand

Born 1964

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2048 COMPOSER

Mark Andre

Born 1964

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2060 FILM

Nils Tavernier

Born 1965

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2074 CONDUCTOR

Pierre Hantaï

Born 1964

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2079 FOOTBALL

Mickaël Madar

Born 1968

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2100 ACTOR

Philippe Duquesne

Born 1965

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2124 FILM

Valérie Guignabodet

1965 - 2016

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2139 ACTOR

Laurent Bouhnik

Born 1961

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2140 COMICS

Émile Bravo

Born 1964

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2142 JOURNALIST

Simon Liberati

Born 1960

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2260 ACTOR

Catherine Marchal

Born 1967

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2263 SINGER

Laurent Naouri

Born 1964

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2269 GUITAR

Patrick Rondat

Born 1960

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2332 GOLF

Thomas Levet

Born 1968

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2333 SINGER

Isabelle Antena

Born 1962

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2341 HISTORIAN

Christian Settipani

Born 1961

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2347 ACTOR

Jean-Pierre Lorit

Born 1960

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2351 JOURNALIST

Christophe Boltanski

Born 1962

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2357 ACTOR

Emmanuel Salinger

Born 1964

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2361 JOURNALIST

Frédéric Taddeï

Born 1961

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2362 ACTOR

Jean-Paul Lilienfeld

Born 1962

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2383 ACTOR

Larbi Naceri

Born 1968

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2391 ART HISTORIAN

Jean-Luc Martinez

Born 1964

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2396 WRITER

Gilles Legardinier

Born 1965

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2400 DRIVER

Gil de Ferran

Born 1967

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2407 SPRINT

Jean-Charles Trouabal

Born 1965

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2409 SINGER

Juliette (French singer)

Born 1962

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2422 ACTOR

Simon de La Brosse

1965 - 1998

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2437 ARTIST

Stéphane Zagdanski

Born 1963

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2467 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Madawi al-Rasheed

Born 1962

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2477 JOURNALIST

Laura Haim

Born 1966

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2479 ACTOR

Gérald Laroche

Born 1964

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2511 WRITER

Serge Joncour

Born 1961

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2525 THEATRE

Stéphane Braunschweig

Born 1964

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2532 FILM

Marc du Pontavice

Born 1963

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2559 MUSIC

Noël Akchoté

Born 1968

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2562 NOVELIST

Pierre Alféri

Born 1963

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2573 JOURNALIST

Gilles Bouleau

Born 1962

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2582 COMMUNICATION

Claude Chirac

Born 1962

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2585 CORRESPONDENT

Alexandra Boulat

1962 - 2007

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2593 WRITER

Olivia Rosenthal

Born 1965

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2636 THEATRE

Laurent Pelly

Born 1962

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2638 SINGER

Clémentine (musician)

Born 1963

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2639 FILM

Frédéric Forestier

Born 1969

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2663 ACTOR

Annabelle (singer)

Born 1967

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2675 FOOTBALL

Franck Silvestre

Born 1967

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2686 SINGER

Jil Caplan

Born 1965

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2692 ACTOR

Vincent Tulli

Born 1966

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2741 HISTORIAN

Patrick Boucheron

Born 1965

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2752 MUSIC

Marc Antoine (musician)

Born 1963

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2787 MUSIC

Jean-Philippe Rykiel

Born 1961

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2789 PHILOSOPHER

Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine

Born 1966

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2793 MATHEMATICIAN

Alice Guionnet

Born 1969

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2795 CLUB

Dee Nasty

Born 1960

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2806 LAWYER

François Zimeray

Born 1961

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2831 MANGA

Santa Inoue

Born 1968

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2833 POLITICIAN

Karim Wade

Born 1968

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2836 MUSIC

Pierpoljak

Born 1964

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2845 VIOLIN

Laurent Korcia

Born 1964

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2881 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Moulin

Born 1967

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2884 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Olivier Le Cour Grandmaison

Born 1960

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2916 SCREENWRITER

Pierre Schoeller

Born 1961

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2939 COMPOSER

Alexandre Azaria

Born 1967

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2954 SINGER

Soledad Giménez

Born 1963

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2956 ACTOR

Stanislas Nordey

Born 1966

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2969 DESIGNER

Philippe Apeloig

Born 1962

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3037 PLAYER

Jean-Philippe Fleurian

Born 1965

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3041 ACTOR

Muriel Mayette-Holtz

Born 1964

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3055 WRITER

Anne F. Garréta

Born 1962

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3061 PHOTOGRAPHER

Valérie Belin

Born 1964

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3070 SCREENWRITER

Étienne Comar

Born 1965

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3118 POLITICIAN

Meyer Habib

Born 1961

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3122 ACTOR

Nicolas Vaude

Born 1962

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3131 SOCIOLOGIST

Louis Chauvel

Born 1967

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3145 WRITER

Florence Noiville

Born 1961

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3152 WRITER

Sophie Fontanel

Born 1962

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3170 SCREENWRITER

Philippe Haïm

Born 1967

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3187 ACTOR

Alexandre Sterling

Born 1966

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3212 WRITER

Kéthévane Davrichewy

Born 1965

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3215 MATHEMATICIAN

Henri Darmon

Born 1965

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3220 HISTORIAN

Iaroslav Lebedynsky

Born 1960

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3224 PIANIST

Stéphane Blet

Born 1969

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3228 BASKET

Cozell McQueen

Born 1962

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3253 CURATOR

Christine Macel

Born 1969

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3255 ACTOR

Sylvie Verheyde

Born 1967

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3264 COMPOSER

Nicolas Errèra

Born 1967

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3286 FOOTBALL

Jérôme Valcke

Born 1960

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3298 WRITER

Alice Ferney

Born 1961

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3323 SCREENWRITER

Bruno de Almeida

Born 1965

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3329 ACTOR

Bruno Madinier

Born 1960

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3333 ACTOR

Anaïs Jeanneret

Born 1967

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3367 ACTIVIST

Sophie Cluzel

Born 1961

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3390 POLITICIAN

Pascal Cherki

Born 1966

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3395 JOURNALIST

Claude Askolovitch

Born 1962

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3410 ARTIST

Richard Orlinski

Born 1966

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3423 ARTIST

Melik Ohanian

Born 1969

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3447 FILM

Lionel Bailliu

Born 1969

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3450 FILM

Denis Dercourt

Born 1964

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3457 ART CRITIC

Jérôme Sans

Born 1960

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3464 FILM

Éric Lavaine

Born 1966

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3467 POLITICIAN

Jérôme Chartier

Born 1966

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3468 PIANIST

Frédéric Chaslin

Born 1963

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3471 FILM

Miguel Courtois

Born 1960

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3521 PHILOSOPHER

Peter Szendy

Born 1966

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3533 ARTIST

Agnès Thurnauer

Born 1962

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3552 SCIENTIST

Nathalie Cabrol

Born 1963

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3558 ARTIST

Valérie Mréjen

Born 1969

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3568 ARTIST

Richard Malka

Born 1968

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3570 COMPOSER

David Bergeaud

Born 1968

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3601 ACTOR

Jacqueline Lorains

Born 1962

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3604 HISTORIAN

Édouard Husson

Born 1969

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3611 NOVELIST

David Gilbert (author)

Born 1967

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3616 JOURNALIST

Bruno Roger-Petit

Born 1962

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3628 PRODUCER

Vincent Chalvon-Demersay

Born 1964

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3639 POLITICIAN

David Habib

Born 1961

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3670 FILM

Élisabeth Quin

Born 1963

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3676 ESSAYIST

Frédéric Rouvillois

Born 1964

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3694 FILM

Xavier Durringer

Born 1963

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3706 ACTOR

Joseph Malerba

Born 1962

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3748 POLITICIAN

Frédéric Encel

Born 1969

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3758 PIANIST

Jean-Michel Pilc

Born 1960

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3785 ARTIST

Stephan Martinière

Born 1962

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3791 ECONOMIST

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré

Born 1966

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3799 POLITICIAN

Hervé Maurey

Born 1961

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3808 SINGER

Renaud Hantson

Born 1963

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3831 ACTOR

Lætitia Gabrielli

Born 1966

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3847 JOURNALIST

Colombe Schneck

Born 1966

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3864 PAINTER

Jean Arcelin

Born 1962

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3867 POLITICIAN

Nicolas Perruchot

Born 1966

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3891 POLITICIAN

Aquilino Morelle

Born 1962

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3914 CELLIST

Vincent Courtois

Born 1968

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3942 FILM

Nadir Moknèche

Born 1965

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3951 ACTOR

Alexandra Gonin

Born 1967

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3955 POLITICIAN

Nicolas Forissier

Born 1961

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3998 COMPOSER

Fabien Lévy

Born 1968

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4009 ESSAYIST

Anne Bernet

Born 1962

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4010 ACTOR

David Brécourt

Born 1965

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4020 BANK

Frédéric Oudéa

Born 1963

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4074 ACTOR

Alexandre Gavras

Born 1969

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4079 ACTOR

Olivier Broche

Born 1963

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4101 PHYSICIST

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud

Born 1962

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4108 PLAYER

Sophie Amiach

Born 1963

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4122 JUDO

Christophe Gagliano

Born 1967

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4129 ACTOR

Irina Brook

Born 1962

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4135 WRITER

Yves Grevet

Born 1961

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4140 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jean-François Lepage

Born 1960

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4146 FENCER

Philippe Omnès

Born 1960

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4174 FILM

Charlotte Brändström

Born 1969

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4225 FOOTBALL

Fabrice Moreau

Born 1967

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4233 SINGER

Camille Bazbaz

Born 1967

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4242 LAWYER

Caroline Mécary

Born 1963

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4284 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Marc Fleury

Born 1968

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4306 FILM

Fred Coppula

Born 1968

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4332 PHYSICIST

Antoine Georges

Born 1961

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4359 FILM

Sophie Fillières

Born 1964

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4369 CINEMA

Sophie Maintigneux

Born 1961

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4372 LAWYER

Thibault de Montbrial

Born 1968

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4377 JUDO

Catherine Fleury-Vachon

Born 1966

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4402 ARTIST

Clément Oubrerie

Born 1966

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4441 HISTORIAN

Laure Murat

Born 1967

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4458 SCREENWRITER

André Bonzel

Born 1961

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4465 FILM

Isabelle Broué

Born 1968

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4487 FILM

Fabien Cousteau

Born 1967

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4490 PHOTOGRAPHER

Christian Aaron Boulogne

Born 1962

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4497 SKIER

Caroline Attia

Born 1960

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4502 FILM

Anne Aghion

Born 1960

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4526 WRITER

Julie Wolkenstein

Born 1968

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4540 PRIEST

Denis Jean-Marie Jachiet

Born 1962

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4554 ACTOR

Sophie Renoir

Born 1965

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4581 WRITER

Nathalie Quintane

Born 1964

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4613 FILM

Emmanuel Benbihy

Born 1969

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4626 PRIEST

Jean-Philippe Nault

Born 1965

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4627 FILM

Nicolas Saada

Born 1965

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4635 FILM

Laurent Bouzereau

Born 1962

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4661 CHESS

Éric Prié

Born 1962

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4671 JOURNALIST

Patrick Cohen

Born 1962

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4678 POLITICIAN

Roland Lescure

Born 1966

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4707 SINGER

Vanessa Bruno

Born 1967

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4748 DIPLOMAT

Éric Chevallier

Born 1960

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4778 ACTOR

Claire Guyot

Born 1966

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4799 SPRINT

Marie-Christine Cazier

Born 1963

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4804 HISTORIAN

Benoît Pellistrandi

Born 1966

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4808 WRITER

Valérie Tong Cuong

Born 1964

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4812 POLITICIAN

Henri Plagnol

Born 1961

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4844 PLAYWRIGHT

Antoine Rault

Born 1965

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4921 POLITICIAN

Delphine Gény-Stephann

Born 1968

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4923 MUSIC

Xavier Desandre Navarre

Born 1961

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4930 JOURNALIST

Philippe Broussard

Born 1963

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4942 ECONOMIST

Philippe Martin (economist)

Born 1966

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4967 MUSIC

Olivier Ker Ourio

Born 1964

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4968 JOURNALIST

Laurent Weil

Born 1963

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4993 NEUROSCIENTIST

Daniel Choquet

Born 1962

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4999 ACTOR

Emmanuelle Bach

Born 1968

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5005 MUSIC

Lê Quan Ninh

Born 1961

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5044 PHILOSOPHER

David Lapoujade

Born 1964

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5062 ACTOR

Bernhard Bettermann

Born 1965

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5074 MATHEMATICIAN

Emmanuel Ullmo

Born 1965

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