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PAU

Most Famous People Born in Pau, France

Notable people
325
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1938
Most distinctive
Driver 6.9×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Pau during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 39 notable births.

What Pau Is Known For

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Politician is Pau's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (41).

Pau over-indexes on driver6.9× the global rate.

Pau under-produces actor — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Politician41
  2. Player40
  3. Writer20
  4. Football18
  5. Sport12
  6. Painter11
  7. Militar10
  8. Lawyer10
  1. Driver76.9×
  2. Player406.3×
  3. Officer62.8×
  4. Militar102.5×
  5. Sport122.2×
  6. Writer201.9×
  7. Lawyer101.8×
  8. Journalist91.8×
  1. Actor80.5×
  2. Football180.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Pau's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 23 of 325 notable people

0016 POLITICIAN

Alain Lamassoure

Born 1944

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0017 POLITICIAN

Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg

Born 1943

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0041 REGENT

Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma

Born 1940

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0061 PIANIST

Michel Sogny

Born 1947

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0070 HISTORIAN

Guy Penaud

Born 1943

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0087 ECONOMIST

François Fourquet

1940 - 2016

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0097 ATHLETE

Jean-Pierre Giudicelli

Born 1943

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0121 POLITICIAN

Marie-Annick Duchêne

Born 1940

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0129 LAWYER

Jean-Claude Magendie

Born 1945

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0139 ARTIST

Jean-Dominique Fleury

Born 1946

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0142 ARTISAN

Francis Miot

1948 - 2015

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0155 ORGANIST

André Dupleix

Born 1944

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0227 TRANSLATOR

Robert Louit

1944 - 2009

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0241 SINGER

Gaëtan de Courrèges

Born 1941

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0247 MILITAR

Xavier de Zuchowicz

Born 1948

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0253 PLAYER

Marc Etcheverry

Born 1942

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0258 WRITER

Marie-Michèle Beaufils

1949 - 2014

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0265 POLITICIAN

José María Muñoa

Born 1942

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0270 WRITER

François Mossmann

Born 1942

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0277 LAWYER

Marcel Porcher

Born 1947

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0313 FOOTBALL

André Travetto

Born 1948

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0314 CAROM BILLIARDS PLAYER

Richard Bitalis

Born 1946

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0315 PLAYER

François Morlaes

Born 1943

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