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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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5088 JOURNALIST

Florence Dauchez

Born 1964

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5089 FOOTBALL

Jean-Marc Chanelet

Born 1968

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5094 MATHEMATICIAN

Yves Laszlo

Born 1964

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5102 WRITER

Catherine Dufour

Born 1966

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5105 PERFUMER

Francis Kurkdjian

Born 1969

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5121 DESIGNER

Jean François Porchez

Born 1964

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5127 SCULPTOR

Marie-Laure de Villepin

Born 1962

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5134 ACTOR

Bruno Sx

Born 1963

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5142 FILM

Frédéric Fougea

Born 1961

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5147 BUSINESS

Nicolas Dufourcq

Born 1963

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5171 CINEMA

Julien Hirsch

Born 1964

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5194 ARTIST

Olivier Ayache-Vidal

Born 1965

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5238 POLITICIAN

Sylvain Waserman

Born 1967

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5252 MEDIEVALIST

Philippe Buc

Born 1961

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5328 JEWELLER

Victoire de Castellane

Born 1962

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5334 SINGER

Isabelle Poulenard

Born 1961

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5336 POLITICIAN

Laurent Dominati

Born 1960

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5341 WRITER

Nathalie Léger

Born 1960

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5366 MUSIC

Sylvain Beuf

Born 1964

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5374 PUBLISHER

Christophe Claro

Born 1962

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5447 CONDUCTOR

Pascal Rophé

Born 1960

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5480 ACTOR

HPG (acteur pornographique)

Born 1966

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5494 HISTORIAN

Antoine Arjakovsky

Born 1966

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5531 FILM

Pascal Arnold

Born 1960

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5544 BUSINESS

Arnaud de Puyfontaine

Born 1964

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5545 WRITER

Michel Pagel

Born 1961

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5600 COMPOSER

Béatrice Thiriet

Born 1960

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5617 FILM

Igor Sékulic

Born 1968

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5621 ENGINEER

Hubert Chanson

Born 1961

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5721 THEORIST

Philippe Baumard

Born 1968

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5723 MUSICOLOGIST

Gilles Tordjman

Born 1962

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5780 POLITICIAN

Sabine Rubin

Born 1960

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5826 NOVELIST

Beatrice Hammer

Born 1963

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5848 WRITER

François Meyronnis

Born 1961

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5866 PHILOSOPHER

Alexis Rosenbaum

Born 1969

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5867 JOURNALIST

Étienne de Montety

Born 1965

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5868 FILM

Doug Headline

Born 1962

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5883 FOOTBALL

Benjamin Clément

Born 1966

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5884 POLITICIAN

France Jamet

Born 1961

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5909 ACTOR

Arthur Nauzyciel

Born 1967

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5914 BASSIST

François Moutin

Born 1961

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5934 OPERA

Paul Gay

Born 1968

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5937 WRITER

Yves Pagès

Born 1963

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5979 SINGER

Laïka Fatien

Born 1968

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5982 PLASTIC SURGEON

Laurent Lantieri

Born 1963

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6001 PENCILLER

Jean-Louis Mourier

Born 1962

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6022 MUSIC

Yossi Fine

Born 1964

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6029 HISTORIAN

Arnaud Blin

Born 1960

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6034 PAINTER

Frédéric Bonin-Pissarro

Born 1964

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6035 POLITICIAN

Laurence Maillart-Méhaignerie

Born 1967

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6066 WRITER

Hélène Frappat

Born 1969

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6098 PIANIST

Jean-Pierre Como

Born 1963

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6111 PHOTOGRAPHER

Klavdij Sluban

Born 1963

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6122 ATHLETIC

Odile Lesage

Born 1969

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6129 ARTIST

Alfons (comedian)

Born 1967

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6130 PLAYER

Anabelle Prawerman

Born 1963

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6138 SINGER

Ilana Avital

Born 1960

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6149 ARTIST

Christian De Metter

Born 1968

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6161 WRITER

Laurence Plazenet

Born 1968

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6218 WRITER

Alain Lefebvre

Born 1960

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6237 JOURNALIST

Emmanuelle Alt

Born 1967

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6264 CONDUCTOR

Hugo Reyne

Born 1961

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6267 FILM

Hervé Bodilis

Born 1966

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6270 HARPIST

Hélène Breschand

Born 1966

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6281 WRITER

Theresa Révay

Born 1965

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6300 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Stefan Savage

Born 1969

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6302 ARTIST

Jaybo aka Monk

Born 1963

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6335 ARTIST

Philippe Aymond

Born 1968

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6339 FILM

Robinson Savary

Born 1969

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6341 CHOREOGRAPHER

Éric Vu-An

Born 1964

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6369 ATHLETE

Yves Cordier

Born 1964

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6419 WRITER

Matthieu Baumier

Born 1968

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6475 ORIENTALIST

Jean-Pierre Milelli

Born 1960

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6508 SINGER

Kristo Numpuby

Born 1964

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6520 WRITER

Frédéric Brun (writer)

Born 1960

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6525 FILM

Serge Frydman

Born 1969

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6558 SCREENWRITER

Stéphane Bouquet

Born 1968

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6569 POLITICIAN

Pascal Allizard

Born 1962

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6571 FILM

Laurent Firode

Born 1963

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6582 PHOTOGRAPHER

Nicolas Pascarel

Born 1966

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6583 WRITER

Kaylie Jones

Born 1960

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6591 COMPOSER

Clara Ponty

Born 1968

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6604 PAINTER

Lélia Pissarro

Born 1963

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6629 ROMANIST

Michel Paoli

Born 1966

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6633 WRITER

Claire Franek

1966 - 2016

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6640 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marine Hugonnier

Born 1969

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6660 WRITER

Dominique Fabre

Born 1960

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6673 DESIGNER

Catherine Zask

Born 1961

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6689 WRITER

Juana Salabert

Born 1962

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6693 ECONOMIST

Jean-Baptiste de Franssu

Born 1963

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6757 CLIMB

Jean-Baptiste Tribout

Born 1961

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6763 JOURNALIST

Virginie Mouzat

Born 1966

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6774 RESEARCH

Nicolas Rasmussen

Born 1962

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6775 FENCER

Sangita Tripathi

Born 1968

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6805 DESIGNER

Inga Sempé

Born 1968

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6821 COMPOSER

Claude Tchamitchian

Born 1960

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6837 FILM

Ludovic Lagarde

Born 1962

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6847 BUSINESS

Sophie Bellon

Born 1961

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6885 ACTOR

Jean-Pierre Michaël

Born 1966

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6923 POLITICIAN

Catherine Grèze

Born 1960

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6933 DRUMMER

Louis Moutin

Born 1961

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6957 POLITICIAN

Sylvia Bongo Ondimba

Born 1965

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6982 FILM

Nemo Sandman

Born 1966

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7000 PHYSICIAN

Jean-Laurent Casanova

Born 1963

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7014 MUSIC

Manuel Rocheman

Born 1964

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7034 ACTOR

Alain Bouzigues

Born 1968

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7040 HISTORIAN

Thierry Murcia

Born 1964

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7043 ACTOR

Florence Geanty

Born 1966

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7055 DIPLOMAT

Alexandre Ziegler

Born 1969

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7061 JOURNALIST

Jacques Follorou

Born 1968

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7062 COMPOSER

Louis Mazetier

Born 1960

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7076 ACTOR

Cyril Aubin

Born 1969

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7077 WRITER

Pascale Gautier

Born 1961

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7092 BASSIST

Christophe Wallemme

Born 1964

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7119 PHILOSOPHER

Emmanuel Picavet

Born 1966

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7120 ENTREPRENEUR

Edouard Cukierman

Born 1965

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7124 HISTORIAN

Sandrine Kott

Born 1960

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7136 FILM

Frédéric Videau

Born 1964

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7149 BUSINESS

Pierre-Yves Roussel

Born 1965

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7153 PHYSICIAN

Laurent Alexandre

Born 1960

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7183 WRITER

Nicolas Tenzer

Born 1961

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7193 ACTOR

Gilles Cohen

Born 1963

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7195 MINISTER

Oumar Tatam Ly

Born 1963

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7205 SINGER

Anaïs (singer)

Born 1965

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7211 DRIVER

Éric Hélary

Born 1966

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7223 MUSIC

Denis Leloup

Born 1962

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7226 COMPOSER

Jean-François Zygel

Born 1960

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7229 ARTIST

Xavier Duvet

Born 1964

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7256 COMPOSER

Fabrice Bollon

Born 1965

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7266 ACTOR

Denis Lachaud

Born 1964

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7301 CHEMIST

Moungi Bawendi

Born 1961

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7312 ART DIRECTOR

Bruno Sevaistre

Born 1966

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7362 PHILOSOPHER

Arnaud Corbic

Born 1969

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7382 ECONOMIST

Ariel Beresniak

Born 1961

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7416 PRIEST

François Touvet

Born 1965

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7424 WRITER

Dominique Mainard

Born 1967

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7427 JOURNALIST

Marina Carrère d'Encausse

Born 1961

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7453 PHOTOGRAPHER

Zineb Sedira

Born 1963

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7462 FENCER

Isabelle Boéri-Bégard

Born 1960

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7488 ACTOR

Éric Herson-Macarel

Born 1964

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7497 ARTIST

Frédéric Iriarte

Born 1963

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7520 FILM

Nader Takmil Homayoun

Born 1968

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7537 ACTOR

Stéphane Bierry

Born 1963

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7544 ACTOR

Fabienne Babe

Born 1962

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7548 PRIEST

Thibault Verny

Born 1965

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7567 ACTOR

Christophe Guybet

Born 1963

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7574 LAWYER

Alexandre Havard

Born 1962

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7599 ACTOR

David Krüger

Born 1968

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7600 CURATOR

Quentin Bajac

Born 1965

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7648 ACTOR

Bruno Slagmulder

Born 1967

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7651 FILM

Stéphane Allagnon

Born 1967

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7658 ART HISTORIAN

Bruno Nassim Aboudrar

Born 1964

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7678 POLITICIAN

Frédérique Meunier

Born 1960

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7688 DRUMMER

Christophe Marguet

Born 1965

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7732 SPRINT

Fabienne Ficher

Born 1966

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7734 ACTOR

Pascal Saint James

Born 1963

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7742 JOURNALIST

Raphaëlle Bacqué

Born 1964

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7749 WRITER

Patrick Eris

Born 1963

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7778 ACTOR

Guillaume Orsat

Born 1964

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7786 FOOTBALL

Éric Boniface

Born 1969

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7788 FILM

Vincent Ravalec

Born 1962

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7789 ACTOR

Wolfram Koch (Schauspieler)

Born 1962

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7809 FILM

Sylvie Pialat

Born 1960

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7816 ACADEMIC

Daniel A. Arnold

Born 1965

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7825 ACTOR

Frédéric Graziani

1960 - 2013

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7835 POLITICIAN

Alain Dolium

Born 1967

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7843 ACTOR

Kader Boukhanef

Born 1965

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7850 WRITER

David Diop (écrivain)

Born 1966

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7863 POLITICIAN

Marie-Hélène Amiable

Born 1960

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7872 LAWYER

Karim Achoui

Born 1967

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7893 JOURNALIST

Hervé Mathoux

Born 1966

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7895 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Pounewatchy

Born 1968

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7906 JOURNALIST

Guillaume Erner

Born 1968

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7911 TEACHER

Fabrice Midal

Born 1967

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7931 POET

Caroline Dubois

Born 1960

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7937 PAINTER

Stephen Dean

Born 1968

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7976 HISTORIAN

Éric Anceau

Born 1966

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7983 ACTOR

Sheila O'Connor

Born 1966

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7989 ACTOR

Jérôme Bertin

Born 1965

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7997 JOURNALIST

Christophe Jakubyszyn

Born 1967

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8042 WRITER

Christophe Lambert (écrivain)

Born 1969

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8045 EDITOR

Olivier Zahm

Born 1964

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8064 SINGER

Didier Wampas

Born 1962

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8076 ACTOR

Bunny Godillot

Born 1960

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8089 HORSE TRAINER

Christophe Clement

Born 1965

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8091 FONCTIONNAIRE

Nicolas Revel

Born 1967

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8098 POLITICIAN

Emmanuelle Mignon

Born 1968

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8103 ACTOR

Alexandre Pesle

Born 1963

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8106 JOURNALIST

Thomas Legrand

Born 1963

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8135 MATHEMATICIAN

Albert Cohen (mathématicien)

Born 1965

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8137 POLITICIAN

Gilles Finchelstein

Born 1963

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8143 BUSINESS

Éric Trappier

Born 1960

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8154 DIPLOMAT

Jean-Pierre Lacroix (French diplomat)

Born 1960

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8163 CIVIL SERVANT

Frédéric Salat-Baroux

Born 1963

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8173 ACTOR

Marc Goldberg (playwright)

Born 1968

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8185 WRITER

Marion Bataille

Born 1963

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8200 NOVELIST

Patricia Reznikov

Born 1962

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8201 SOCIOLOGIST

Serge Guérin

Born 1962

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8211 MUSIC

Ivan A. Alexandre

Born 1960

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8218 ARTIST

Bertrand Lamarche

Born 1966

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8260 DRIVER

Patrick Lemarié

Born 1968

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8262 CLIMB

Antoine Le Menestrel

Born 1965

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8288 BUSINESS

Ann Mather

Born 1960

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8296 SCREENWRITER

Jérôme Cornuau

Born 1961

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8323 ACTOR

Guillaume Briat

Born 1966

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8334 ACTOR

Éléonore Klarwein

Born 1963

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8338 ARTIST

Arnaud Cohen

Born 1968

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8367 CONSEILLER

Stéphane Fouks

Born 1960

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8375 PAINTER

Jean-Claude Götting

Born 1963

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8392 PHILOSOPHER

Jocelyn Benoist

Born 1968

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8400 WRITER

Abdel Hafed Benotman

1960 - 2015

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8414 FOOTBALL

Thierry Bonalair

Born 1966

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8429 RUNNER

Nadine Debois

Born 1961

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8433 POLITICIAN

Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad

Born 1967

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8457 ACADEMIC

Catherine Coquio

Born 1960

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8467 ESSAYISTE

Julius Van Daal

Born 1960

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8487 UNITED NATION

Stéphane Dujarric

Born 1965

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8492 ACTOR

Dan Herzberg

Born 1968

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8496 PIANIST

Isabelle Oehmichen

Born 1961

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8499 PIANIST

Bruno Belthoise

Born 1964

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8515 ACTOR

Véronique Alycia

Born 1964

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8520 WRITER

Thierry Acot-Mirande

Born 1960

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8549 JOURNALIST

Dominique Seux

Born 1962

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8552 ACTOR

Nathalie Grandhomme

Born 1962

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8583 FILM

Lionel Steketee

Born 1964

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8588 FOOTBALL

Patrick Gabriel

Born 1962

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8606 HISTORIAN

François Weil

Born 1961

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8610 FILM

Gilles Ciment

Born 1962

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8613 WRITER

Élisabeth Barillé

Born 1960

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8652 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Eric Mathias Owona Nguini

Born 1969

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8673 ACTOR

Jean-Claude Ricquebourg

Born 1966

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8691 ACTOR

Chad Chenouga

Born 1962

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8707 FILM

Frédéric Berthe

Born 1967

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8737 WRITER

Nathalie Kuperman

Born 1963

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8771 WRITER

Guillaume Bigot (dirigeant)

Born 1969

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8783 POLITICIAN

Bastien François

Born 1961

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8809 SPORT

Thomas Davy (cyclist)

Born 1968

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8831 ACTOR

Olivier Doran

Born 1963

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8841 PRODUCTEUR

Guillaume Leroux

Born 1968

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8850 SKATER

Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy

Born 1961

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8862 FOOTBALL

Thierry De Neef

Born 1966

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8879 ACTOR

Julien Cafaro

Born 1964

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8882 JOURNALIST

Daphné Roulier

Born 1968

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8884 WRITER

Jérôme Noirez

Born 1969

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8901 CINEMA

Vincent Mathias

Born 1967

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8904 PAINTER

KTY Catherine Poulain

Born 1965

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8937 ACTOR

Patrick Delmas

Born 1966

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8952 SINGER

Claudy Siar

Born 1964

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8959 MUSIC

Alain Cophignon

Born 1963

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8963 ESSAYIST

Laurent Ségalat

Born 1964

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8991 ACTOR

Anne Teyssèdre

Born 1960

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9031 HISTORIAN

Jean-Louis Halpérin

Born 1960

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9032 COMPOSER

Thierry Machuel

Born 1962

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9039 FILM

Isabelle Clarke

Born 1960

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9047 ARTIST

Martin Firrell

Born 1963

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9067 DIRECTEUR DE CABINET

Marc Schwartz

Born 1963

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9082 WRITER

Emmanuel Darley

1963 - 2016

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9114 ACTOR

Cécile Caillaud

Born 1967

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9134 FILM

Serge Khalfon

Born 1963

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9136 SINGER

Philippe Russo

Born 1961

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9141 PIANIST

Sophie Agnel

Born 1964

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9144 RESEARCH

Frédéric Fréry

Born 1966

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9163 ACTOR

Blandine Pélissier

Born 1960

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9177 RESEARCH

Pierre-Henri Castel

Born 1963

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9196 JOURNALIST

Emmanuelle Heidsieck

Born 1963

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9215 ARCHIVIST

Thierry Sarmant

Born 1969

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9226 SCREENWRITER

Guillaume Bouzard

Born 1968

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9233 WRITER

Alain Agat

Born 1964

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9240 CONDUCTOR

Marc Piollet

Born 1962

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9241 ACTOR

Nicky Marbot

Born 1965

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9255 PHILOSOPHER

Michel Eltchaninoff

Born 1969

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9260 RESEARCH

Jean-Noël Lafargue

Born 1968

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9265 ECONOMIST

Pierre-Cyrille Hautcœur

Born 1964

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9284 BUSINESS

Antoine Rostand

Born 1963

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9285 JOURNALIST

Isabelle Martinet

Born 1960

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9297 ARTIST

Hugues Micol

Born 1969

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9307 BUSINESS

Guillaume Poitrinal

Born 1967

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9337 SINGER

Olivia Adriaco

Born 1966

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9349 THEOLOGIAN

Jérôme Rousse-Lacordaire

Born 1962

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9354 ACTOR

Frédéric Fisbach

Born 1966

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9362 POLITICIAN

Saïd Aïdi

Born 1961

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9436 ACTOR

Pascal Sellem

Born 1964

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9450 LAWYER

Mario Stasi (1968)

Born 1968

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9467 WRITER

Philippe Gourdin

Born 1967

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9473 THERAPIST

Isabelle Nazare-Aga

Born 1963

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9480 ACTOR

Laurent Roth

Born 1961

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9483 POLITICIAN

Jérôme Coumet

Born 1967

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9484 PHOTOGRAPHER

Benedicte Van der Maar

Born 1968

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9495 HANDBALL

François-Xavier Houlet

Born 1969

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9499 ADVERTISING

Thierry Consigny

Born 1961

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9511 MINERALOGIST

Patrick Cordier (mineralogist)

Born 1961

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9513 FILM

Gabriel Julien-Laferrière

Born 1962

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9532 DESIGNER

Olivia Putman

Born 1964

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9544 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

François Avril (dessinateur)

Born 1961

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9559 THEATRE

João Branco

Born 1968

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9617 DESIGNER

Pierre di Sciullo

Born 1961

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9640 PRIEST

Patrice Gourrier

Born 1960

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9660 ACTOR

Élisabeth Lafont

Born 1960

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9663 JOURNALIST

Philippe Rekacewicz

Born 1960

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9669 ARISTOCRAT

Prince Eudes, Duke of Angoulême

Born 1968

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