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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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Paris during each.

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 playwright7.0× the global rate.

Paris under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician1,799
  2. Actor1,636
  3. Painter1,632
  4. Writer1,043
  5. Journalist490
  6. Architect470
  7. Film463
  8. Composer451
  1. Playwright2127.0×
  2. Sculptor4083.2×
  3. Painter1,6323.2×
  4. Architect4702.7×
  5. Photographer2072.2×
  6. Film4631.9×
  7. Composer4511.8×
  8. Diplomat1971.7×
  1. Football4450.2×

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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  • Politics & Law
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19,561 notable people

9901 DESIGNER

Guy Arnoux

1886 - 1951

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9902 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Jacques Patin

Died 1587

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9903 ACTOR

Samon Takahashi

Born 1970

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9904 EXPLORER

Oscar Mac Carthy

1815 - 1894

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9905 WRITER

Philippe Chardin

1948 - 2017

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9906 PLAYWRIGHT

E. F. Varez

1780 - 1866

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9907 ARCHITECT

Alfred Leclerc

1843 - 1915

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9908 ACTOR

Hélène Darly

1900 - 1994

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9909 FENCER

Laurence Épée

Born 1990

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9910 DIPLOMAT

Ludwig von Starhemberg

1762 - 1833

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9911 CHOREOGRAPHER

Adèle Dumilâtre

1821 - 1909

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9912 ACTOR

Paul Pavel

1920 - 2012

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9913 PHOTOGRAPHER

Claude Bricage

1939 - 1992

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9914 HIJACK

Haifa bint Faisal

Born 1950

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9915 CHANSONNIER

Edmond-Denis De Manne

1801 - 1877

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9916 COLLECTOR

Martine-Marie-Pol de Béhague

1870 - 1939

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9917 SCULPTOR

Raymond Martin (sculpteur)

1910 - 1992

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9918 PROFESSEUR

Ghislaine Chartron

Born 1961

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9919 PHILOSOPHES

Jean Gattégno

1935 - 1994

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9920 WRITER

Guillaume Duprat (auteur et illustrateur)

Born 1973

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9921 PAINTER

Robert Lotiron

1886 - 1966

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9922 FLAUTIST

Georges Laurent

1886 - 1964

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9923 ACTOR

Mélanie Page

Born 1975

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9924 SPORT

René Gagnet

1891 - 1951

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9925 PAINTER

Jacques Boullaire

1893 - 1976

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9926 PAINTER

Frédéric Régamey

1849 - 1925

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9927 WRITER

Suzanne Pairault

1897 - 1985

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9928 ARTIST

Soledad Bravi

Born 1965

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9929 FILM

Charles Delacommune

1895 - 1950

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9930 PUBLISHER

Antoine Audouard

Born 1956

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9931 JOURNALIST

Louis Dalmas

1920 - 2014

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9932 ACTOR

Frédéric Jessua

Born 1967

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9933 FILM

Philippe Collin (réalisateur)

Born 1931

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9934 ACTOR

Blanche Albane

1886 - 1975

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9935 DRAMA

Alexandre Tylski

Born 1976

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9936 POLITICIAN

Henri Lefèvre d'Ormesson

1751 - 1808

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9937 WRITER

Audrey Alwett

Born 1982

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9938 FOOTBALL

Cédric Sabin

Born 1979

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9939 ARCHITECT

Roland Bechmann

1919 - 2017

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9940 WRITER

Marie Richeux

Born 1984

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9941 WRITER

Nicolas Chaudun

Born 1962

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9942 ACTOR

Alexandre Pottier

Born 1961

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9943 NOVELIST

Anne-Sylvie Salzman

Born 1963

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9944 POLITICIAN

Paul Aubriot

1873 - 1959

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9945 PRIEST

Claude Dormy

1563 - 1626

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9946 PAINTER

Armand Montjoye

1816 - 1871

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9947 ECONOMIST

Étienne Maynon d'Invault

1721 - 1801

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9948 FOOTBALL

Ahmed Soukouna

Born 1990

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9949 PLAYER

Clément Marienval

Born 1985

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9950 ACTOR

Léon Chancerel

1886 - 1965

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9951 JOURNALIST

Pierre Paraf

1893 - 1989

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9952 COMPOSER

Louis Constantin

1585 - 1657

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9953 JOURNALIST

Valérie Expert

Born 1963

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9954 ARCHITECT

Nicolas Durand (architecte)

1739 - 1830

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9955 LIBRARIAN

Marie Médard

1921 - 2013

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9956 POLITICIAN

Roger Chinaud

Born 1934

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9957 PIANIST

Henri Caspers

1825 - 1906

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9958 BASKET

Yannick Gagneur

Born 1980

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9959 MILITAR

Charles-Edmond Duponchel

1804 - 1864

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9960 JOURNALIST

René Chaughi

1869 - 1926

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9961 HISTORIAN

Louis-Casimir Colomb

1834 - 1890

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9962 SPORT

Michel Carrega

Born 1934

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9963 ARTIST

Michel Faure

Born 1947

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9964 ACTOR

Sarah Brannens

Born 1992

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9965 FILM

Gérard Legrand

1927 - 1999

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9966 SCULPTOR

Michel-Pascal

1810 - 1882

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9967 WRITER

Bertrand Solet

Born 1933

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9968 ARTISTE

Charles Vernier (artiste)

1831 - 1892

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9969 LAWYER

Jean-Philippe Delsol

Born 1950

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9970 ACTOR

Dédo

Born 1978

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9971 PRINTMAKER

Claude-Louis Masquelier

1781 - 1851

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9972 HISTORIAN

Jacques Halbronn

Born 1947

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9973 SCULPTOR

Félix Sanzel

1829 - 1883

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9974 PHYSICIST

Denis Jérome

Born 1939

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9975 PAINTER

Jacques Brissot

1929 - 2020

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9976 OFFICER

Charles-Henri Delacroix

1779 - 1845

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9977 FILM

André Pergament

1922 - 1992

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9978 PAINTER

André Villeboeuf

1893 - 1956

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9979 ACTOR

Dorville

1883 - 1940

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9980 FENCER

Bertrand Marie de Lesseps

1875 - 1918

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9981 ACTOR

Esteban Carvajal Alegria

Born 1989

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9982 PAINTER

Blaise Patrix

Born 1953

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9983 PAINTER

Tomas Divi

1904 - 1971

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9984 WRITER

Didier Blonde

Born 1953

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9985 PHOTOGRAPHER

Frederique Darragon

Born 1949

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9986 FIGHTER

Joseph Pozzo di Borgo

1890 - 1966

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9987 IMPRESARIO

Sergio Bernardini

1925 - 1993

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9988 PAINTER

Angélique Mezzara

1793 - 1868

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9989 COMPOSER

Charles Manry

1823 - 1866

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9990 PAINTER

Ernest Victor Hareux

1847 - 1909

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9991 BIOLOGIST

Marc-André Selosse

Born 1968

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9992 CHEMIST

Antoine-Louis Brongniart

1742 - 1804

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9993 PRINTMAKER

Aaron Martinet

1762 - 1841

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9994 WRITER

Jeanne Faivre d'Arcier

Born 1950

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9995 HISTORIAN

René Héron de Villefosse

1903 - 1985

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9996 AUTHOR

Jean-Claude Loutsch

1932 - 2002

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9997 MEDIA

Jacques-Henri Eyraud

Born 1968

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9998 ACTOR

Danielle Minazzoli

Born 1941

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9999 SCREENWRITER

Alain de Sédouy

Born 1929

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10000 PAINTER

Marcel René von Herrfeldt

1889 - 1965

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10001 BASKET

Namori Meite

Born 1988

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10002 COMPOSER

Antoine d'Ormesson

1924 - 2016

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10003 ARTIST

Maurice Neumont

1868 - 1930

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10004 COLLECTOR

François Lang

1908 - 1944

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10005 PLAYWRIGHT

Pierre Nicolas Brunet

1733 - 1771

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10006 PHILOSOPHER

Armand Cuvillier

1887 - 1973

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10007 WRITER

Louis Mandin

1872 - 1943

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10008 PAINTER

Frédéric Menguy

1927 - 2007

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10009 ENGRAVER

Louis-Simon Lempereur

1728 - 1808

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10010 PLAYWRIGHT

Henri-François Dumolard

1771 - 1845

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10011 PAINTER

Constant Le Breton

1895 - 1985

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10012 PHYSICIAN

Pierre Eugène Ménétrier

1859 - 1935

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10013 JOURNALIST

Jean de Brem

1935 - 1963

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10014 PLAYWRIGHT

Adolphe Guénée

1818 - 1877

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10015 FILM

Daisy d'Errata

Born 1962

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10016 PHYSICIAN

Georges Schapira

1912 - 2003

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10017 WRITER

Philippe Thirault

Born 1967

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10018 ENGINEER

Bernard Esambert

Born 1934

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10019 PLAYWRIGHT

Étienne Crétu

1793 - 1878

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10020 PRODUCER

Didier de Plaige

Born 1948

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10021 MUSIC

Alain Kremski

1940 - 2018

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10022 PAINTER

Alphonse Hirsch

1843 - 1884

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10023 NAVIGATOR

Yann Guichard

Born 1974

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10024 OFFICER

Louis-Joseph Nompar de Caumont

1768 - 1838

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10025 ACTOR

Guy Parigot

1922 - 2007

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10026 SWIMMER

Laurent Neuville

Born 1965

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10027 SINGER

Mino (chanteuse)

Born 1952

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10028 JOURNALIST

André Labarthe

1902 - 1967

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10029 ARCHITECT

Jean-Michel Payet

Born 1955

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10030 BUSINESS

Orianne Garcia

Born 1972

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10031 NUN

Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament

1590 - 1660

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10032 FILM

Lionel Soukaz

Born 1953

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10033 PLAYWRIGHT

Nicolas Cammaille-Saint-Aubin

1770 - 1832

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10034 POLITICIAN

Jacques Fleury

Born 1941

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10035 PAINTER

Marie-Nicole Vestier

1767 - 1846

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10036 DIPLOMAT

Jules Herbette

1839 - 1901

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10037 PAINTER

Stéphane Pencréac'h

Born 1970

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10038 FLYING ACE

Jean Chaput

1893 - 1918

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10039 SPORT

André Trantoul

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10040 ARCHITECT

Denis Laming

Born 1949

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10041 SCULPTOR

Georges Guyot

1885 - 1973

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10042 SCULPTOR

Arnaud Kasper

Born 1962

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10043 POLITICIAN

René Ribière

1922 - 1998

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10044 SINGER

Sir Alice

Born 1984

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10045 ACTOR

Samantha Rénier

Born 1974

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10046 CONSULTANT

Jean-Christian Fauvet

1927 - 2010

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10047 JOURNALIST

Laura Tenoudji

Born 1976

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10048 LITTÉRATURE

Jean-Marc Mandosio

Born 1963

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10049 BALLET

Tatjana Suta

1923 - 2004

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10050 HISTORIAN

Farid Ameur

Born 1979

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10051 POET

Guy-Charles Cros

1879 - 1956

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10052 PAINTER

Marie-Geneviève Navarre

1737 - 1795

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10053 WRITER

Anne-Marie Bauer

1914 - 1996

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10054 TRADE UNION

Émile Pataud

1869 - 1935

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10055 LAWYER

Pierre Kaldor

1912 - 2010

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10056 PLAYWRIGHT

Auguste Duport

1777 - 1843

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10057 TAILOR

Claudine Françoise Mignot

1624 - 1711

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10058 COMPOSER

Florence Baschet

Born 1955

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10059 POET

Marie-Jeanne Durry

1901 - 1980

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10060 MILITAR

Emmanuel de Mac Mahon

1859 - 1930

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10061 ACTOR

Chantal Banlier

Born 1945

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10062 PAINTER

Jacques Auguste Regnier

1787 - 1860

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10063 POET

Jean-Luc Maxence

Born 1946

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10064 POET

Denis Emorine

Born 1956

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10065 PHYSICIAN

Pierre Dionis

1643 - 1718

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10066 ACADEMIC

Guy Burgel

Born 1939

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10067 WRITER

Didier Goupil

Born 1963

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10068 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Jean-Baptiste de Lavalette

1753 - 1794

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10069 WRITER

Audren (auteur-interprète)

Born 1972

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10070 MAGISTRAT

Nicolas Ravot d'Ombreval

1680 - 1729

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10071 WRITER

Frédérique Molay

Born 1968

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10072 GÉOGRAPHE

Martin Vanier

Born 1958

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10073 PAINTER

Luc-Albert Moreau

1882 - 1948

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10074 AUTHOR

Claude Habib

Born 1956

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10075 PAINTER

Marie Seymour Lucas

1850 - 1921

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10076 RADIO

Nathalie André

Born 1962

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10077 FILM

Vincent Amiel

Born 1956

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10078 ÉGLISE

Louis Malet de Graville

1438 - 1516

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10079 BLOGGER

Alix Bancourt

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10080 POLITICIAN

Gaston Menier

1855 - 1934

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10081 WRITER

Georges-Patrick Gleize

Born 1952

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10082 POLITICIAN

Henri Marie Auguste Ferron de la Ferronnays

1842 - 1907

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10083 RELIGIOUS

Abel-Louis de Sainte-Marthe

1621 - 1697

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10084 NOVELIST

Joël Schmidt

Born 1937

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10085 PRELATE

Jacques Le Cordier

1904 - 2003

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10086 EDITOR

Anne Soupa

Born 1947

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10087 PRINTER

Étienne-Alexandre-Jacques Anisson-Dupéron

1749 - 1794

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10088 NOVELIST

Claude Manceron

1923 - 1999

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10089 HISTORIAN

Marwan Rashed

Born 1971

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10090 ACTOR

Léon Bernard

1877 - 1935

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10091 PHYSICIAN

Yves Godard (médecin)

Born 1955

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10092 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Christian Ghasarian

Born 1957

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10093 WRITER

André Launay

Born 1930

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10094 PAINTER

Berthe Burgkan

1855 - 1936

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10095 EDITOR

Maurice Heine

1884 - 1940

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10096 DIPLOMAT

Marie-Hippolyte de Gueulluy, 2nd Marquess of Rumigny

1784 - 1871

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10097 PAINTER

Paul Buffet

1864 - 1941

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10098 SPORT

Paul Giguet

1915 - 1993

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10099 SCULPTOR

Gabriel Allegrain

1679 - 1748

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10100 COMPOSER

Georges Douay

1840 - 1919

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10101 MISSING

Olivier Dumas

1929 - 2019

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10102 WRITER

Marcel Arnac

1886 - 1931

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10103 LAWYER

Alexandre Duval-Stalla

Born 1974

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10104 PHILOSOPHE

Antoine Le Camus (1722-1772)

1722 - 1772

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10105 BUSINESS

Claude de Cambronne

1905 - 1993

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10106 ARTIST

Marie-Maximilienne de Silvestre

1708 - 1798

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10107 PAINTER

Maurice Réalier-Dumas

1860 - 1928

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10108 POET

Thalès Bernard

1821 - 1873

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10109 HISTORIAN

Jacques Lacour-Gayet

1883 - 1953

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10110 POLITICIAN

Joachim Rampon

1805 - 1883

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10111 PAINTER

Jean Signovert

1919 - 1981

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10112 ETCHER

Aglaüs Bouvenne

1829 - 1903

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10113 ATHLETIC

Valérie Jean-Charles

Born 1969

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10114 DIPLOMAT

Bernard du Plessis-Besançon

1600 - 1670

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10115 PLAYWRIGHT

Louis Ponet

1776 - 1845

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10116 SCREENWRITER

Juliette Sales

Born 1966

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10117 WRITER

Claire Marin

Born 1974

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10118 PHYSICIAN

Robert Picqué

1877 - 1927

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10119 SCULPTOR

Nicolas-Augustin Matte

1781 - 1837

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10120 LINGUIST

Jacques Jomier

1914 - 2008

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10121 ENTOMOLOGIST

Louis Beguin-Billecocq

1865 - 1957

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10122 ECONOMIST

Anne Perrot

Born 1958

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10123 BOTANIST

Vespasien Robin

1579 - 1662

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10124 POLITICIAN

Pierre de Montesquiou-Fezensac

1764 - 1834

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10125 MUSIC

Arthur Dandelot

1864 - 1943

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10126 ARTIST

Arno (auteur)

1961 - 1996

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10127 ECONOMIST

Henri Sterdyniak

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10128 PRINTMAKER

Louis-Joseph-Isnard Desjardins

1814 - 1894

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10129 WRITER

Mathieu Barthélemy Thouin

Born 1804

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10130 LIBRARIAN

Suzanne Dobelmann

1905 - 1993

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10131 ACTOR

Anne Kerylen

Born 1942

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10132 SINGER

Margaux Avril

Born 1991

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10133 SOLDIER

Viala Charon

1794 - 1880

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10134 PAINTER

Caroline Swagers

1808 - 1848

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10135 POLITICIAN

Charles Michels

1903 - 1941

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10136 ACADEMIC

Elida Maria Szarota

1904 - 1994

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10137 ACTOR

Bruno Le Millin

Born 1955

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10138 ARTIST

André Pécoud

1880 - 1951

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10139 POET

Charles Beys

1610 - 1659

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10140 SINGER

Xenia Ghali

Born 1989

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10141 SCULPTOR

Paul-Gabriel Capellaro

1862 - 1956

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10142 ARTIST

René Sim Lacaze

1901 - 2000

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10143 PLAYER

Jean-François Gourdon

Born 1954

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10144 WRITER

Claude Cariguel

Born 1931

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10145 ARTIST

Daniel Derveaux

1914 - 2010

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10146 PHOTOGRAPHER

Alfred-Nicolas Normand

1822 - 1909

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10147 MODEL

Christelle Lefranc

Born 1980

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10148 PHOTOGRAPHER

Arnaud Claass

Born 1949

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10149 PROFESSOR

Bernard Frank (orientaliste)

1927 - 1996

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10150 PROFESSOR

Pierre-Jean Burette

1665 - 1747

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10151 WRITER

Alphonse de Vismes

1746 - 1792

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10152 ARTIST

Fabien Chalon

Born 1959

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10153 PAINTER

Micheline Catty

Born 1926

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10154 HISTORIAN

Katell Berthelot

Born 1972

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10155 SINGER

Georgette Bréjean-Silver

1870 - 1951

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10156 TARENTO

Françoise Moréchand

Born 1936

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10157 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Joël Gombin

Born 1983

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10158 PHOTOGRAPHER

Denis Darzacq

Born 1961

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10159 ART CRITIC

Anne Tronche

1938 - 2015

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10160 ARTISTE

Jean-Philippe Renoult

Born 1963

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10161 COMPOSER

Franck Bedrossian

Born 1971

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10162 BASKET

Eric Katenda

Born 1992

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10163 SINGER

Caroline Lefebvre

1828 - 1905

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10164 AVIATOR

Henri Salmet

Born 1878

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10165 POLITICIAN

Henri de Merode-Westerloo

1858 - 1908

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10166 ACTOR

Valérie Maurice

Born 1964

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10167 BUSINESS

Claude Neuschwander

Born 1933

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10168 DIPLOMAT

Claude Bigot de Sainte-Croix

1744 - 1803

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10169 ESSAYIST

Augustin-Joseph Jacquet

1833 - 1905

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10170 PAINTER

Alfred Decaen

1820 - 1902

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10171 ARTIST

Florence Magnin

Born 1950

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10172 HISTORIAN

Bernard Vincent

Born 1941

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10173 PLAYWRIGHT

Alexandre Barrière

1792 - 1865

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10174 POLITICIAN

Pierre Jean Henri Didelot

1870 - 1941

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10175 PLAYWRIGHT

Alphonse de Chavanges

1791 - 1831

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10176 PRELATE

Charles de Caylus

1669 - 1754

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10177 ART HISTORIAN

Jean Vallery-Radot

1890 - 1971

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10178 COMEDIAN

Thierry Jardinot

Born 1963

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10179 DAUGHTER

Julia Lubomirska

1764 - 1794

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10180 ARISTOCRAT

Marguerite-Philippe du Cambout

1622 - 1674

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10181 FILM

Isabel Diegues

Born 1970

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10182 ENGINEER

Rémi Després

Born 1943

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10183 COMPOSER

Louis Chollet

1815 - 1851

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10184 JOURNALIST

Serge Garde

Born 1946

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10185 RABBI

René Kapel

1907 - 1994

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10186 PAINTER

Pierre-Henry

1924 - 2015

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10187 PROFESSOR

Edmond Stapfer

1844 - 1908

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10188 FENCER

Robert Citerne

Born 1961

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10189 ACTOR

Naël Marandin

Born 1981

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10190 CIVIL SERVICE

Francis Idrac

Born 1946

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10191 PAINTER

Amédée Forestier

1854 - 1930

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10192 ARCHIVIST

Hervé Lemoine

Born 1961

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10193 WRITER

Louis Sanders

Born 1963

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10194 POLITICIAN

Sosthène II de La Rochefoucauld

1825 - 1908

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10195 PHYSICIAN

Maxime Durand-Fardel

1815 - 1899

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10196 POLITICIAN

Christian Blanckaert

Born 1945

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10197 ACTOR

Jamie Maclachlan

Born 1981

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10198 PHARMACIST

Antoine Chéreau

1776 - 1848

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10199 POET

Alexandre Romanès

Born 1951

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10200 SCULPTOR

Roseline Granet

Born 1936

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