49.2653° N, 4.0286° E

REIMS

Most Famous People Born in Reims, France

Notable people
557
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1903
Most distinctive
Manufacturer 30.7×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Reims Is Known For

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Politician is Reims's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (71).

Reims over-indexes on manufacturer30.7× the global rate.

Reims under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician71
  2. Football36
  3. Painter26
  4. Actor23
  5. Writer20
  6. Architect16
  7. Historian15
  8. Priest14
  1. Manufacturer630.7×
  2. Architect163.2×
  3. Rower62.9×
  4. Historian152.5×
  5. Artist142.5×
  6. Poet132.3×
  7. Officer82.2×
  8. Physician71.8×
  1. Football360.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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557 notable people

0001 PHILOSOPHER

Jean Baudrillard

1929 - 2007

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0002 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

1619 - 1683

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0003 FOOTBALL

Robert Pires

Born 1973

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0004 COMPOSER

Guillaume de Machaut

1300 - 1377

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0005 PRIEST

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

1651 - 1719

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0006 KING

Henry I of France

1008 - 1060

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0007 JOURNALIST

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

Born 1947

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0008 PHILOSOPHER

Roger Caillois

1913 - 1978

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0009 POLITICIAN

Maurice Couve de Murville

1907 - 1999

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0010 SOCIOLOGIST

Maurice Halbwachs

1877 - 1945

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0011 BISHOP

Pierre Cauchon

1371 - 1442

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0012 SPORT

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot

Born 1992

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0013 POET

Paul Fort

1872 - 1960

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0014 MONARCH

Childebert I

497 - 558

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0015 ACTOR

Bernard Fresson

1931 - 2002

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0016 PAINTER

Jean-Louis Forain

1852 - 1931

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0017 RUNNER

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad

Born 1985

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0018 SOCIOLOGIST

Didier Eribon

Born 1953

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0019 POLITICIAN

Philippe Henriot

1889 - 1944

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0020 MARSHAL

Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon

1765 - 1844

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0021 FOOTBALL

Ludovic Butelle

Born 1983

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0022 COMPOSER

Nicolas de Grigny

1672 - 1703

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0023 FOOTBALL

Abdoulaye Diallo

Born 1992

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0024 LAWYER

Gervase of Tilbury

1155 - 1234

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0025 MUSIC

Yuksek

Born 1977

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0026 FOOTBALL

Albert Batteux

1919 - 2003

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0027 PIANIST

Philippe Entremont

Born 1934

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0028 NATIONALIST

Raoul Villain

1885 - 1936

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0029 BUSINESS

Madame Clicquot Ponsardin

1777 - 1866

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0030 HISTORIAN

Antoine Faivre

Born 1934

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0031 ENGRAVER

Robert Nanteuil

1623 - 1678

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0032 COMPOSER

Henri Marteau

1874 - 1934

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0033 POLITICIAN

Bernard Stasi

1930 - 2011

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0034 LAWYER

Fernand Labori

1860 - 1917

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0035 DIPLOMAT

Charles Colbert, marquis de Croissy

1629 - 1696

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0036 ADVOCATE

Simon-Nicholas Henri Linguet

1736 - 1794

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0037 BASKET

Endéné Miyem

Born 1988

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0038 COMEDIAN

Ghislaine Dommanget

1900 - 1991

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0039 POET

Roger Gilbert-Lecomte

1907 - 1943

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0040 COMEDIAN

Kyan Khojandi

Born 1982

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0041 GEOLOGIST

Adolphe d'Archiac

1802 - 1868

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0042 COMICS

Jean-David Morvan

Born 1969

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0043 ACTOR

Michel Robin

1930 - 2020

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0044 ATHLETIC

Marie Gayot

Born 1989

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0045 WRITER

Luce d'Eramo

1925 - 2001

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0046 COMPOSER

Baude Cordier

1364 - 1400

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0047 COUNT

Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine

890 - 939

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0048 ACTOR

Gabriel Gabrio

1887 - 1946

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0049 HISTORIAN

Thierry Ruinart

1657 - 1709

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0050 COMPOSER

Pascal Collasse

1649 - 1709

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0051 ACTOR

Jackie Berroyer

Born 1946

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0052 BEAUTY PAGEANT

Élodie Gossuin

Born 1980

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0053 WRITER

Noël-Antoine Pluche

1688 - 1761

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0054 POPE

Historia Hierosolymitana (Robert the Monk)

1055 - 1122

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0055 POLITICIAN

Catherine Vautrin

Born 1960

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0056 ACTOR

Stéphan Guérin-Tillié

Born 1972

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0057 ASTROPHYSICIST

Jean-Claude Pecker

1923 - 2020

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0058 DANCE

Jeanne de Salzmann

1889 - 1990

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0059 EMPEROR

Peter I of Courtenay

1126 - 1183

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0060 PAINTER

Henri Delavallée

1862 - 1943

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0061 FOOTBALL

Lucas Deaux

Born 1988

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0062 CELLIST

Vincent Ségal

Born 1967

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0063 KING

Constance of France, Princess of Antioch

1078 - 1126

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0064 FOOTBALL

Arnold Bouka Moutou

Born 1988

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0065 SURGEON

Eugène-Louis Doyen

1859 - 1916

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0066 SCULPTOR

René de Saint-Marceaux

1845 - 1915

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0067 POLITICIAN

Arnaud Robinet

Born 1975

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0068 HISTORIAN

Jean Juvénal des Ursins

1388 - 1473

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0069 CONDUCTOR

Olivier Métra

1830 - 1889

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0070 POET

Marc Alyn

Born 1937

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0071 FOOTBALL

Marvin Baudry

Born 1990

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0072 PLAYER

Laurent Cabannes

Born 1964

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0073 COURTESAN

Marie-Anne Detourbay

1837 - 1908

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0074 PIANIST

Éric Heidsieck

Born 1936

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0075 ACTOR

René Alexandre

1885 - 1946

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0076 LINGUIST

Régis Boyer

1932 - 2017

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0077 PRIEST

Nicolas Roland

1642 - 1678

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0078 FILM

Sarah Bouyain

Born 1968

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0079 FOOTBALL

Michel Leblond

1932 - 2009

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0080 MATHEMATICIAN

Fabien Morel

Born 1965

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0081 INDOLOGIST

Émile Senart

1847 - 1928

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0082 ORGANIST

Henri Dallier

1849 - 1934

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0083 HISTORIAN

Justin Vaïsse

Born 1973

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0084 WRITER

Olivier Poivre d'Arvor

Born 1958

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0085 FOOTBALL

Arnaud Balijon

Born 1983

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0086 FOOTBALL

Amine Lecomte

Born 1990

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0087 CRIMINAL

Claude Buffet

1933 - 1972

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0088 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Nicolas Bergier

1567 - 1623

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0089 PRESENTER

Sidonie Bonnec

Born 1977

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0090 POLITICIAN

Frédéric de Saint-Sernin

Born 1958

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0091 FEMINIST

Florence Montreynaud

Born 1948

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0092 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy

1821 - 1904

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0093 ACTOR

Valérie Vogt

Born 1962

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0094 OPERA

Léon Rothier

1874 - 1951

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0095 ENTREPRENEUR

Philippe Varin

Born 1952

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0096 LAWYER

Gustave Louis Chaix d'Est-Ange

1800 - 1876

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0097 BUSINESS

Daniel Goeudevert

Born 1942

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0098 LIBERAL

Sabine Herold

Born 1981

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0099 ATHLETIC

René Lorain

1900 - 1984

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0100 ENGINEER

Antoine Rémy Polonceau

1778 - 1847

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0101 POLITICIAN

André Morizet

1876 - 1942

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0102 SPORT

Léon Hourlier

1885 - 1915

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0103 DRIVER

Nelson Panciatici

Born 1988

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0104 HISTORIAN

Nicolas Eugène Géruzez

1799 - 1865

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0105 POLITICIAN

Pierre Schneiter

1905 - 1979

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0106 PAINTER

Luc Simon

1924 - 2011

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0107 PAINTER

Alphonse Périn

1798 - 1874

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0108 ARTIST

Lié Louis Périn-Salbreux

1753 - 1817

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0109 POLITICIAN

Yves Détraigne

Born 1954

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0110 PAINTER

Philippe Lallemand

1636 - 1716

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0111 NEUROLOGIST

Louis Théophile Joseph Landouzy

1845 - 1917

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0112 SCULPTOR

Léon-Joseph Chavalliaud

1858 - 1919

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0113 ARCHITECT

Hugues Libergier

1229 - 1263

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0114 OFFICER

Philippe Charles Tronson du Coudray

1738 - 1777

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0115 KING

Achille Laviarde

1841 - 1902

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0116 CHEMIST

Janine Cossy

Born 1950

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0117 COMPOSER

Edmond Missa

1861 - 1910

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0118 SKATER

Éric Millot

Born 1968

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0119 POET

Pierre Minet

1909 - 1975

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0120 HARPIST

Marie-Claire Jamet

Born 1933

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0121 JOURNALIST

René de Pont-Jest

1830 - 1904

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0122 ARCHITECT

Robert Camelot

1903 - 1992

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0123 POLE VAULTER

Marion Fiack

Born 1992

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0124 PLAYER

Benjamin Thiéry

Born 1984

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0125 ARTIST

Sylvain Savoia

Born 1969

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0126 ENGINEER

Bernard Lafaille

1900 - 1955

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0127 ACTOR

Henri Marteau (acteur)

1933 - 2005

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0128 SINGER

Jeanne Added

Born 1980

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0129 MILITAR

Jean-Pierre Esteva

1880 - 1951

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0130 POLITICIAN

Jean-Louis Schneiter

1933 - 2016

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0131 PAINTER

Denise Esteban

1926 - 1986

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0132 POET

Laurent Grison

Born 1963

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0133 SCULPTOR

Alexandre Noll

1890 - 1970

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0134 RACER

Bruno Bonhuil

1960 - 2005

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0135 ENTREPRENEUR

Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger

Born 1953

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0136 HISTORIAN

Jean Lévesque de Burigny

1692 - 1785

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0137 PHYSICIAN

Jean Goulin

1728 - 1799

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0138 ENGINEER

Paul Cottancin

1865 - 1928

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0139 ACTOR

Frédéric Souterelle

Born 1972

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0140 CLIMB

Alexandre Chabot

Born 1981

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0141 ARCHITECT

Paul Herbé

1903 - 1963

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0142 FILM

Rafael Lewandowski

Born 1969

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0143 PRIEST

Nicasius of Rheims

Died 407

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0144 PHYSICIAN

André Albault

1923 - 2017

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0145 SINGER

Barcella (chanteur)

Born 1981

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0146 ACTOR

Sophie-Charlotte Husson

Born 1971

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0147 ACTOR

Andrée Brabant

1901 - 1989

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0148 HISTORIAN

Yves Durand (academic)

1932 - 2004

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0149 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Langlet

1841 - 1927

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0150 FENCER

Adeline Wuillème

Born 1975

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0151 MATHEMATICIAN

Henri de Monantheuil

1536 - 1606

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0152 OFFICER

Jean-François Boulart

1776 - 1842

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0153 PHILOSOPHER

Louis-Jean Lévesque de Pouilly

1691 - 1750

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0154 ARCHITECT

Henri Blondel

1821 - 1897

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0155 PAINTER

Émile Auguste Wéry

1868 - 1935

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0156 COMPOSER

Laurent Cuniot

Born 1957

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0157 BISHOP

Joseph-Jean Heintz

1886 - 1958

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0158 ROWER

Gilles Bosquet

Born 1974

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0159 POLITICIAN

Fernand Gentin

1876 - 1946

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0160 PHYSICIAN

Henri-Marie Husson

1772 - 1853

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0161 SINGER

El Matador (rappeur)

Born 1982

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0162 ARTIST

Jean-Luc Moulène

Born 1955

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0163 COMEDIAN

Olivier de Benoist

Born 1974

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0164 MANUFACTURER

Alfred Gérard

1837 - 1915

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0165 HISTORIAN

Louis Demaison

1852 - 1937

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0166 ARCHITECT

Robert De Coucy

Died 1311

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0167 PUBLISHER

Hubert Cazin

1724 - 1795

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0168 METEOROLOGIST

Louis Bodin

Born 1957

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0169 JOURNALIST

Jean-Simon Chaudron

1758 - 1846

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0170 MUSIC

ALB (musician)

Born 1979

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0171 ARCHITECT

Henri Deneux

1874 - 1969

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0172 WRITER

Hervé Jubert

Born 1970

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0173 RACER

Jean-Pierre Jeandat

Born 1970

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0174 PLAYWRIGHT

Claude-Marie-Louis-Emmanuel Carbon de Flins Des Oliviers

1757 - 1806

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0175 FOOTBALL

Richard Jézierski

Born 1971

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0176 DESSINATEUR

Patrice Sanahujas

1952 - 1996

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0177 WRITER

Pol Neveux

1865 - 1939

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0178 AVIATOR

Maurice Prévost

1887 - 1952

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0179 RUNNER

François Barrer

Born 1993

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0180 SURGEON

Pierre Mabille

1904 - 1952

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0181 PAINTER

Paul Quéré

1931 - 1993

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0182 ACTOR

Edmond Roze

1878 - 1943

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0183 JUMPER

Romain Duguet

Born 1980

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0184 ROWER

Armand Marcelle

1905 - 1974

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0185 ROWER

Édouard Marcelle

1909 - 2001

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0186 ARCHITECT

Ernest Kalas

1861 - 1928

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0187 PAINTER

Edmond-Édouard Lapeyre

1880 - 1960

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0188 AGRONOMIST

Simon-Philibert de La Salle de l'Etang

1700 - 1765

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0189 SOCIOLOGIST

Rémi Hess

Born 1947

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0190 ACTOR

Raphaëlle Lubansu

Born 1976

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0191 MILITANT

Roger Monclin

1903 - 1985

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0192 SPORT

Henri Heintz

Born 1946

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0193 SINGER

Jacques Herbillon

1936 - 2003

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0194 ARCHITECT

Georges Closson

1865 - 1945

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0195 ART HISTORIAN

Paul-Louis Roubert

Born 1967

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0196 FOOTBALL

Mickaël Ménétrier

Born 1978

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0197 AGRONOMIST

François Sigaut

1940 - 2012

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0198 SKATER

Jean Charles Mattei

Born 1982

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0199 PAINTER

George Boba

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0200 HISTORIAN

François Cochet

Born 1954

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0201 ARTIST

Brigitte Simon (peintre)

1926 - 2009

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0202 LYRICIST

Félix Baumaine

1828 - 1881

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0203 FOOTBALL

René Masclaux

Born 1945

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0204 HOCKEY

Anthony Mortas

Born 1974

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0205 ORGANBUILDER

Robert Clicquot

1645 - 1719

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0206 SINGER

Clotilde Rullaud

-

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0207 PLAYER

Astrid Souply

Born 1994

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0208 SINGER

La môme Moineau

1908 - 1968

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0209 PRIEST

Odon de Châtillon

Died 1101

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0210 JOURNALIST

Emmanuel Maubert

1964 - 2016

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0211 PHILOLOGIST

Maurice Pézard

1876 - 1923

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0212 JOURNALIST

Roland Moisan

1907 - 1987

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0213 COMEDIAN

Guillaume Bats

Born 1987

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0214 ACTOR

Daniel Laloux

Born 1937

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0215 HIGH JUMP

Henry Elliott (athlete)

Born 1946

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0216 TRANSLATOR

Paul Wenz

1869 - 1939

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0217 SKATER

Chloé Dépouilly

Born 1990

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0218 ARCHITECT

Alphonse Gosset

1835 - 1914

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0219 DRIVER

Philippe Haezebrouck

Born 1954

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0220 JOURNALIST

Jacques Mortane

1883 - 1939

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0221 POLITICIAN

Nicole Thomas-Mauro

Born 1951

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0222 POET

Henri Richardot

1845 - 1927

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0223 MISSIONARY

Jacques Frémin

1626 - 1691

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0224 COMPOSER

Léo Lelièvre

1872 - 1956

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0225 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

David Revoy

Born 1981

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0226 ILLUSTRATOR

Manon Iessel

1909 - 1985

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0227 ARTIST

Auguste Coutin (médailleur)

1864 - 1942

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0228 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Mazzolini

Born 1966

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0229 POLITICIAN

Nicolas Ponsardin

1747 - 1820

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0230 PRELATE

Nicolas Colbert

1627 - 1676

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0231 ARTIST

Brice Tarvel

Born 1946

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0232 SPORT

Julien Laidoun

Born 1980

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0233 SPORT

Dominique Lecrocq

1963 - 2014

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0234 LAWYER

René Demogue

1872 - 1938

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0235 SOLDIER

Flavius Jovin

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0236 PRIEST

Henri Hachette des Portes

1709 - 1798

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0237 ESSAYIST

Gilles Munier

1944 - 1986

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0238 PRIEST

André-Jean Vérineux

1897 - 1983

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0239 WRITER

Jean-Baptiste Gendarme

Born 1978

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0240 CRITIC

Patrice Goulet

Born 1941

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0241 HUMOURIST

Frédéric Lebon

1965 - 2013

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0242 SCREENWRITER

Sophie Hiet

Born 1976

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0243 PLAYWRIGHT

Gustave Albitte

1812 - 1898

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0244 PRIEST

Éric Jacquinet

Born 1962

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0245 OPERA

Simon-Max

1852 - 1923

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0246 JOURNALIST

Arthur Baligot de Beyne

1821 - 1884

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0247 ACTOR

Yvonne Claudie

1891 - 1974

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0248 MINISTRE

Pierre Ordioni

1907 - 1999

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0249 PAINTER

Armand Guéry

1853 - 1912

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0250 MILITAR

Paul de Molènes

1821 - 1862

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0251 ATHLETIC

Nadine Fourcade

1963 - 2011

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0252 LAWYER

Mario Stasi (1933-2012)

1933 - 2012

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0253 ARTIST

Simon Andriveau

Born 1978

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0254 WRITER

Jocelyn Bonnerave

Born 1977

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0255 PHOTOGRAPHER

Emmanuel Peillet

1914 - 1973

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0256 FOOTBALL

Marcel Moreau (football)

Born 1936

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0257 SCULPTOR

Eugène Bourgouin

1880 - 1924

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0258 JOURNALIST

Julien Blondel

Born 1975

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0259 POLITICIAN

Jean-François Longeot

1956 - 2014

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0260 PAINTER

Paul Bocquet

1868 - 1947

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0261 DIPLOMAT

Jacques Tarbé de Saint-Hardouin

1899 - 1956

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0262 PAINTER

Émile Barau

1851 - 1930

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0263 POET

Cécile Périn

1877 - 1959

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0264 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Armonville

1756 - 1808

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0265 DRIVER

Inès Taittinger

Born 1990

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0266 POET

Guillaume Coquillart

1452 - 1510

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0267 ENGINEER

Félix Moreaux

1828 - 1890

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0268 NOVELIST

Jean-François Bouchard

Born 1962

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0269 BUSINESS

Tristan Lecomte

Born 1973

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0270 LATINIST

Léon Herrmann

1889 - 1984

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0271 POLITICIAN

Jean Anciant

1934 - 2017

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0272 ACTOR

Olivier Hamel

Born 1964

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0273 POLITICIAN

Irénée Ruinart de Brimont

1770 - 1850

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0274 BANK

Nicolas Colbert de Vandières

1590 - 1661

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0275 WRITER

Simon Sanahujas

Born 1979

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0276 PAINTER

Henri Pontoy

1888 - 1968

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0277 ECONOMIST

Simon Clicquot-Blervache

1723 - 1796

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0278 ARCHITECT

Jean-Loup Roubert

Born 1932

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0279 PAINTER

Jean Berque

1896 - 1954

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0280 POLITICIAN

Jean-Frantz Taittinger

Born 1951

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0281 OFFICER

Jules de Saint-Pol

1810 - 1855

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0282 WRITER

Louis Lochet

1914 - 2002

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0283 SPORT

Ludovic Dubau

Born 1973

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0284 SPORT

Thomas Nosari

Born 1981

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0285 WRITER

Jean-Marie Le Sidaner

1947 - 1992

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0286 PLAYER

Rodolphe Cadart

Born 1978

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0287 POET

Alain Cuniot

1929 - 2010

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0288 JUDO

Michel Bourgoin

Born 1936

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0289 WRITER

Michel Lamart

Born 1949

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0290 ARTIST

Thomas Labourot

Born 1977

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0291 FOOTBALL

Ghislaine Royer-Souef

Born 1953

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0292 POLITICIAN

Henri Henrot

1838 - 1919

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0293 OFFICER

Jean Nicolas Louis Carré

1770 - 1845

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0294 ARTIST

Adrien Sénéchal

1895 - 1974

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0295 POLITICIAN

Victor Diancourt

1825 - 1910

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0296 PRELATE

Henri Cauchon de Maupas

1604 - 1680

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0297 BIOCHEMIST

Bernard Roques

Born 1935

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0298 OFFICER

Louis Marie Charles Hurault de Sorbée

1786 - 1850

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0299 POLITICIAN

Eugène Courmeaux

1817 - 1902

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0300 PRIEST

Gunthar von Hildesheim

Died 835

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