46.5812° N, 0.3357° E
POITIERS
Most Famous People Born in Poitiers, France
- Notable people
- 342
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1908
- Most distinctive
- Prelate 10.3×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Poitiers during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Poitiers Is Known For
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Politician is Poitiers's biggest profession — 20% of all notables (69).
Poitiers over-indexes on prelate — 10.3× the global rate.
Poitiers under-produces football — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Poitiers's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Sports
- Science
- Art & Design
- Religion
- Other
Michel Foucault
1926 - 1984
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1122 - 1204
Hilary of Poitiers
315 - 367
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Born 1948
Louis Vierne
1870 - 1937
Joël Robuchon
1945 - 2018
Abel Bonnard
1883 - 1968
Marc Augé
Born 1935
Brian Joubert
Born 1984
Jules Berry
1883 - 1951
Jean-Pierre Thiollet
Born 1956
Gilbert de la Porrée
1070 - 1154
Lionel Charbonnier
Born 1966
Camille Guérin
1872 - 1961
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
1024 - 1086
Yassine Jebbour
Born 1991
Cyril Pedrosa
Born 1972
Marie-France Garaud
Born 1934
William V, Duke of Aquitaine
969 - 1030
Carpenter Brut
-
Maryse Éwanjé-Épée
Born 1964
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon
1311 - 1356
Antoine Claire Thibaudeau
1763 - 1854
Emmeram of Regensburg
Died 690
Monique Éwanjé-Épée
Born 1967
Philip Hermogenes Calderon
1833 - 1898
Elme Marie Caro
1826 - 1887
Simon Pagenaud
Born 1984
Léon Bazille Perrault
1832 - 1908
Franck Ferrand
Born 1967
William IV, Duke of Aquitaine
937 - 994
Francis N'Ganga
Born 1985
Hélène Grémillon
Born 1977
François Zourabichvili
1965 - 2006
Dominique Jamet
Born 1936
Michel Roger
Born 1949
Marie Louise Trichet
1684 - 1759
André Strohl
1887 - 1977
Jean-Pierre Abelin
Born 1950
Yves-Marie Adeline
Born 1960
Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
1784 - 1856
Pierre Adolphe Piorry
1794 - 1879
Blanche Monnier
1849 - 1913
Pierre Petit (composer)
1922 - 2000
Countess Dash
1804 - 1872
Pierre Aigrain
1924 - 2002
Romain Édouard
Born 1990
William III, Duke of Aquitaine
910 - 963
Petronilla of Aquitaine
1125 - 1151
Marcel Boulestin
1878 - 1943
Arthur Ranc
1831 - 1908
Jean-Marie Serreau
1915 - 1973
Louis Réau
1881 - 1961
Peter of Poitiers
1130 - 1215
Louis Gauffier
1762 - 1801
Emmanuel Breuillard
Born 1977
Pierre Dangeard
1895 - 1970
Michel-Robert Penchaud
1772 - 1833
Alexandre Lacroix
Born 1975
Benjamin Lavernhe
Born 1984
Catherine Des Roches
1542 - 1587
Quentin Bernard
Born 1989
Franck Proust
Born 1963
Alain Lefèvre
Born 1962
Emmanuel Barbier
1851 - 1925
Alain Claeys
Born 1948
Jean Rousselot
1913 - 2004
Guillaume Bouchet
1513 - 1594
Eugène Murer
1841 - 1906
Isabelle Ferron
Born 1967
Paul Rougnon
1846 - 1934
Marcus Sedatius Severianus
105 - 161
Lucien Nonguet
1869 - 1955
Madeleine Des Roches
1520 - 1587
Jean Bouchet
1476 - 1557
Romain Vincelot
Born 1985
Pierre Abelin
1909 - 1977
Vincent Demarconnay
Born 1983
Robert Vallée
1922 - 2017
Hubert Sagnières
Born 1955
Jehnny Beth
Born 1984
Alain Fouché
Born 1942
Aimé Thomé de Gamond
1807 - 1876
Prosper Philippe Augouard
1852 - 1921
Laurent Rodriguez
Born 1960
Christophe Borgel
Born 1963
Jean Valade
1709 - 1787
Émile Moreau (banker)
1868 - 1950
Émile Garçon
1851 - 1922
Philippe Goibaut
1626 - 1694
Louis Dangeard
1898 - 1987
Victor Barrucand
1864 - 1934
Fernand Fau
1858 - 1915
Gringe
Born 1980
Paul Bailliart
1877 - 1969
Thierry Lancino
Born 1954
Laurent Baheux
Born 1970
François Durpaire
Born 1971
Augustin Nadal
1659 - 1741
Antoine Brizard
Born 1994
Bruce Inkango
Born 1984
Christian Penigaud
Born 1964
Bathiste Tchouaffé
Born 1998
François de Labriolle
1926 - 2019
Catherine Guy-Quint
Born 1949
Jean de Clermont
Died 1356
Leobinus
Died 557
Guy Gauthier
1930 - 2010
François Favreau
Born 1929
Laurent Quintreau
Born 1965
Louis Olivier Bourbeau
1811 - 1877
Jean Bonnerot
1882 - 1964
Charles-Élie de Ferrières
1741 - 1804
Gérard Caillaud
Born 1946
Vim Karénine
Born 1933
Pilotell
1845 - 1918
Michèle Cointet
-
Édouard Gruner
1849 - 1933
René Malbrant
1903 - 1961
Gilles Filleau des Billettes
1634 - 1720
Louise Saumoneau
1875 - 1950
Marine Partaud
Born 1994
Elsa N'Guessan
Born 1984
Rémi Chayé
Born 1968
Louis Coulon
1605 - 1664
René Savatier
1892 - 1984
Emmanuel Laurentin
Born 1960
Yvonne Brothier
1889 - 1967
Paul Savatier
1931 - 2018
Samuel Doux
Born 1974
Robert Ancelin
1898 - 1986
Geneviève Patte
Born 1936
Simon Hébras
Born 1988
Jean Nocher
1908 - 1967
Bertrand Delcour
1961 - 2014
Pierre Sabatier
1682 - 1742
Jean Vilain
1836 - 1863
Catherine Barthélémy
Born 1946
Jean-Claude Beaulieu
Born 1944
Étienne Taillemite
1924 - 2011
Bernard Meunier
Born 1947
Yves Gauthier
Born 1960
Nicolas Filleau de La Chaise
1631 - 1688
Jean Toulat
1915 - 1994
Antoine de Vial
Born 1933
Charles de Grandmaison
1824 - 1903
Jean Savatier
1922 - 2015
Roger Grillon
1881 - 1938
Jean-Marie Robain
1913 - 2004
Thierry Humeau
Born 1961
Alban Cerisier
Born 1972
Guillaume de Menthière
Born 1964
Christophe Paillet
Born 1964
Nicolas Pothier
Born 1968
Marianne Carbonnier-Burkard
Born 1949
Lucie Albon
Born 1977
Bernard Gorceix
1937 - 1984
Adrien André
1884 - 1965
Louis-Marie Auvray
1762 - 1833
Jean Pidoux
1550 - 1610
Jacqueline Held
Born 1936
Jacques Reiller
Born 1953
Virginie Lou-Nony
Born 1954
Jean-Pierre Fougerat
1953 - 2015
Jean-Yves Chauve
Born 1949
Jean-Michel Royer
1933 - 2009
Emmanuel Guillon
Born 1939
Édouard Galletier
1885 - 1965
Henri Pailler
1876 - 1954
Luc Blanvillain
Born 1967
Pierre-Henri Ducos de La Haille
1889 - 1972
Pierre Charles Pouzet
1766 - 1809
Pierre Savatier
Born 1954
Aristide Couteaux
1835 - 1906
Henri Savatier
1855 - 1952
Éric Bellot des Minières
Born 1964
Nathalie Fortain
Born 1969
Alfred Perlat
1829 - 1910
Bernard Lallement (compositeur)
Born 1936
Thierry Tillet
Born 1951
Delphin Debenest
1907 - 1997
Jean-Philippe Peyraud
Born 1969
Michel Guibert
Born 1941
Charles Brault
1752 - 1833
Hervé Navereau
1929 - 2019
Jean Demélier
Born 1940
Paul Bernard (composer)
1827 - 1879
Jacques Puisais
Born 1927
Jean-Pascal Couraud
1960 - 1997
Pierre-François Piorry
1758 - 1847
Amaury Lavernhe
Born 1985
Marie-Félix Faulcon de La Parisière
1758 - 1843
Marie-Hélène Verdier
-
Marcel Lesieur
Born 1945
Jehan Mayoux
1904 - 1975
Paul Brousse (cyclisme)
Born 1983
Jean VIII César Rousseau de La Parisière
1667 - 1736
René Lecesve
1733 - 1791
Gabriel Massé
1807 - 1881
François-Charles Merveilleux du Vignaux
1828 - 1914
Vincen Cornu
Born 1954
André Berthol
Born 1939
Bernard Rouget
1914 - 1998
Emmanuel Brouillard
1963 - 2008
Pierre Barbedette
1827 - 1901
Auguste Courtois
1862 - 1918
André Ursault
1894 - 1971
Pierre Vertadier
1912 - 1995
Guy Raïssac
1912 - 1982
Quentin Bena
Born 1998
Charles Esprit Marie de La Bourdonnaye
1753 - 1840
Pierre Boncenne (homme politique)
1774 - 1840
Christian Boner
Born 1947
Pierre Hulin
1882 - 1944
Emmanuelle Hermouet
Born 1979
André-Dominique-Jean-Baptiste de Castellane
1700 - 1751
Louis-Olivier de Roux
1914 - 1962
Paulin Malapert
1862 - 1937
Michel Nourry
1927 - 2006
Gilles Cosson
Born 1937
Georges Poirault
1858 - 1936
Léopold Thézard
1840 - 1907
Lou Brouleau
Born 1995
Alexis Segris
1811 - 1880
Louis-Jules Arrigon
1876 - 1960
Jean Guillon (homme politique)
1908 - 1974
François Lureau
Born 1944
Michel-Pascal Creuzé-Dufresne
1736 - 1804
François Lecointre (homme politique)
1840 - 1931
Joseph-Emmanuel-Auguste-François de Lambertye —
1748 - 1819
Béatrice Thomas
Born 1981
Paul Maulion
1875 - 1946
Alcide Treille
1844 - 1922
Louis de La Rochefoucauld
1615 - 1654
Jacques Masteau
1903 - 1994
Alphonse Lepetit
1817 - 1877
Camille Bazille
1854 - 1900
Paul Brousseau (musicien)
Born 1976
Luc Levesque
1902 - 1976
Louis Félix Conen de Prépean
1777 - 1837
René Métayer
1912 - 1992
Georges Meslin
1862 - 1918
Lubin Mauduyt
1782 - 1870
Charles-Madeleine Frézeau de La Frézelière
1654 - 1702
Louis Brault
1749 - 1830
Jean-Marie Aymé de La Chevrelière
1858 - 1930
Eugène Lecointre
1826 - 1902
Jean-François Macaire
Born 1956
Pierre Valade (peintre)
1909 - 1971
Georges Roche
1836 - 1901
Apollinaris of Valence
453 - 520
Corinne Medina-Saludo
Born 1961
Robert Charron
1918 - 1995
Marc Horace Demarçay
1813 - 1866
Aimé Tranchand
1880 - 1947
Jean-Christophe Currit
Born 1969
Marcel Thévenet
Born 1915
Jean Gaudin (Jesuit)
1617 - 1681
Pierre Louis Tribert
1781 - 1853
Jean Chastelier
1552 - 1629
Raymond Gaillard
-
Pierre-Yves Guillard
Born 1984
Alexandre Chevallon
1798 - 1874
Gérard Lecointe
1912 - 2009
Natan Jurkovitz
Born 1995
Jacques Étienne de Laurenceau
1815 - 1873
Lise-Laure Etia
Born 1964
Michel Laurent (ingénieur du son)
Born 1936
Jean-François Girault
Born 1956
Géraldine Bonnin
Born 1964
René Thimonnier
1900 - 1989
Hillel Konaté
Born 1994
Adolphe Roger de Susbielle
1863 - 1939
Xavier Richefort
Born 1962
Pierre Roll
1787 - 1851
Georges Treille
1847 - 1926
Cyril Guittet
Born 1992
Félix Adolphe Robillot
1865 - 1943
Joseph Dupont-Minoret
1774 - 1833
René Hyacinthe Thibaudeau
1737 - 1813
Michel Lethiec
-
Mathieu Péquériau
Born 1975
Claude de La Châtre
1734 - 1821
Louis-Jean-Joseph Laurence
1745 - 1804
Robert Cupif
1612 - 1659
Albert Hennequin
1884 - 1967
Sylvain Maynier
Born 1977
Camille Bouchet
1801 - 1854
Denis Barbault de La Motte
1769 - 1850
François de La Béraudière
1597 - 1646
Guy-David
1911 - 1980
Thierry Barrault
1960 - 2014
Samuel Cottiby
1630 - 1689
Isabelle Douteau
1914 - 2004
Jean-Marc Chapoulie
Born 1967
Mathieu Thoreau
1612 - 1692
Charles Dupont
1808 - 1854
Jacques Servant
1850 - 1926
Aymery Guénaud
Died 1342
Jérôme Quériaud
Born 1986