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

0301 SPORT

Marcel Pesch

1910 - 1985

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0302 FRENCH REVOLUTION

Jean Baptiste Brunet

1763 - 1824

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0303 WRITER

Eugène Dupont

1859 - 1941

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0304 PAINTER

Jean Hélart

1618 - 1685

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0305 PRIEST

Jean Nicaise Gros

1794 - 1857

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0306 ACADEMIC

François Pellegrini

Born 1968

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0307 ENGRAVER

Nicolas Regnesson

1624 - 1670

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0308 PAINTER

Laurent Détouche

1816 - 1882

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0309 POLITICIAN

Simon Dauphinot

1821 - 1889

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0310 HISTORIAN

Corneille Trumelet

1817 - 1892

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0311 FOOTBALL

François Calderaro

Born 1964

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0312 WRITER

Catherine Ternaux

Born 1961

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0313 FILM

Henri Heidsieck

Born 1947

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0314 DIPLOMAT

Fabrice Delloye

Born 1951

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0315 COLLECTOR

Pierre-Vincent Bertin

1653 - 1711

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0316 PAINTER

Yves Popet

Born 1946

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0317 MILITAR

Lucien Loizeau

1879 - 1978

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0318 JOURNALIST

Jean Marteau (écrivain)

1903 - 1970

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0319 NOVELIST

Roger Labrusse

1914 - 2001

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0320 PHYSICIAN

Nicolas Noël

1746 - 1832

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0321 PAINTER

Charles Auguste Herbé

1801 - 1884

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0322 THERAPIST

Danielle Bouvet

Born 1940

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0323 ACADEMIC

Gérard Fontaine (art lyrique)

Born 1942

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0324 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Gustave Mendel

1873 - 1938

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0325 RELIGIEUX

Pierre Lalemant

1622 - 1673

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0326 SPORT

Rudy Kowalski

Born 1990

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0327 BASKET

Jenny Fouasseau

Born 1992

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0328 ARTIST

Stephan Boschat

Born 1972

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0329 SINGER

James Ollivier

1933 - 1997

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0330 ARCHITECT

Pol Gosset (architecte)

1881 - 1953

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0331 BUSINESS

Guy Cotret

Born 1949

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0332 PHARMACIST

Jean-Pierre Boudet (chimiste)

1748 - 1828

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0333 PAINTER

Jules Collinet

1822 - 1903

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0334 FILM

Pierre Baudry (critique)

1948 - 2005

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0335 POLITICIAN

Henri Pussort

1615 - 1697

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0336 PHYSICIAN

Étienne Chardon de Courcelles

1705 - 1775

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0337 FOOTBALL

Stéphane Marseille

Born 1987

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0338 ROWER

Celia Foulon

Born 1979

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0339 POET

Nicolas Soret

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0340 ARCHITECT

Louis Sainsaulieu

1901 - 1972

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0341 OFFICER

Eugène Alexandre Husson

1786 - 1868

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0342 ACADEMIC

Georges Poyer

1884 - 1958

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0343 WRITER

Pierre Patrolin

Born 1957

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0344 OPERA

Rose Delaunay

Born 1857

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0345 PAINTER

Jean-Baptiste Germain (peintre)

1782 - 1842

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0346 CHEF

Arnaud Lallement

Born 1974

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0347 JOURNALISME

Nicolas David

1822 - 1874

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0348 FOOTBALL

Denis Abed

Born 1969

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0349 POLITICIAN

Francis Falala

Born 1955

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0350 POLITICIAN

Arthur Barbat de Bignicourt

1824 - 1888

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0351 PHILOSOPHER

Christian Poirel

1933 - 2006

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0352 SCULPTOR

Philippe Jourdain

Born 1960

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0353 FILM

Rodolphe Cobetto-Caravanes

Born 1970

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0354 ARTIST

Fabrice Druet

Born 1972

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0355 ROWER

Victor Bordereau

Born 1985

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0356 SCULPTOR

Robert Coutin

1891 - 1965

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0357 LITERARY

Gérard Jacob-Kolb

1775 - 1830

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0358 BANK

Daniel Karyotis

Born 1961

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0359 ECONOMIST

Jules Hériot de Vroil

1820 - 1893

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0360 PRIEST

Nicolas Diot

1744 - 1802

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0361 HISTORIAN

Jean Bossu (historien)

1911 - 1985

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0362 ANIMATOR

Xavier Picard

Born 1962

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0363 SPORT

Joshua Dubau

Born 1996

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0364 POLITICIAN

Jacques Constant Milleret

1779 - 1864

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0365 ABBÉ

André-Guillaume de Géry

1720 - 1786

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0366 POLITICIAN

Octave Doyen

1831 - 1895

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0367 WRITER

Marthe Fiel

1873 - 1949

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0368 FOOTBALL

Raymond Toscanelli

1921 - 2015

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0369 PLAYER

Abdel-Kader Salifou

Born 1989

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0370 HISTORIAN

Guillaume Marlot

1596 - 1667

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0371 JOURNALIST

Yves Decaens

Born 1957

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0372 ASTRONOMER

Remi Armand Coulvier-Gravier

1802 - 1868

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0373 POLITICIAN

Pierre Jobert-Lucas

1766 - 1841

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0374 PRIEST

Pierre Jennesseaux

1804 - 1884

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0375 PAINTER

Jean-Baptiste Liénard

1782 - 1857

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0376 PLAYWRIGHT

Victor-Eugène Bours

Born 1848

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0377 LIBRARIAN

Jean Charles Loriquet

1818 - 1889

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0378 MAGISTRAT

Jean-Simon Lévêque de Pouilly

1734 - 1820

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0379 HISTORIAN

Daniel Pellus

1922 - 2009

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0380 ARCHITECT

Pierre-Jean Guth

1909 - 2001

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0381 COMPOSER

Fabien Cali

Born 1983

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0382 FOOTBALL

Olivier Tingry

Born 1972

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0383 POLITICIAN

Marcel Tribut

1894 - 1973

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0384 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Louis de Failly

1724 - 1792

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0385 HOCKEY

Florian Sabatier

Born 1990

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0386 WRITER

Pierre Chastelain

1709 - 1782

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0387 POLITICIAN

Charles Arnould

1847 - 1904

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0388 POET

François Reibel

Born 1972

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0389 HISTORIAN

Étienne Povillon-Piérard

1773 - 1846

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0390 POLITICIAN

René-Louis-Marie Vieillart

1754 - 1809

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0391 FOOTBALL

Pierre Geoffroy

1939 - 1994

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0392 ACTOR

Adolphe Leclère

1800 - 1861

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0393 PHOTOGRAPHER

André Pelle

Born 1950

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0394 ARTIST

Séverine Lefebvre

Born 1977

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0395 HOCKEY

Antoine Mindjimba

Born 1968

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0396 FOOTBALL

Tony Giannetta

Born 1961

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0397 FOOTBALL

David François

Born 1970

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0398 POLITICIAN

Jacques Quentin Tronsson-Lecomte

1749 - 1836

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0399 PAINTER

Fernand Hertenberger

1882 - 1970

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0400 PLAYWRIGHT

Auguste Joltrois

1816 - 1890

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0401 SPORT

Lucas Dubau

Born 1996

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0402 BUSINESS

François Grappotte

Born 1936

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0403 POLITICIAN

Charles Roche

1880 - 1953

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0404 MILITAR

Jean-Baptiste de Lorcet

1768 - 1822

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0405 PHOTOGRAPHER

Émile Wenz

1863 - 1940

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0406 WRITER

Guy-Claude Mouny

1930 - 2007

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0407 BUSINESS

Adrien Aubé de Bracquemont

1815 - 1884

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0408 PASTEUR

Yves Castanou

Born 1971

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0409 LAWYER

Guillaume Alexandre Tronson du Coudray

1750 - 1798

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0410 PRODUCER

Gérard Drouot

Born 1952

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0411 POLITICIAN

Jean Nicolas Houzeau-Muiron

1801 - 1844

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0412 ROWER

Frédéric Doucet

Born 1981

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0413 FOOTBALL

Maryse Lesieur

Born 1950

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0414 COMPOSER

Pierre Talon (compositore)

1721 - 1785

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0415 BUSINESS

Arthur Bricout

1840 - 1932

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0416 PHYSICIAN

Henri Jolicoeur (France)

1839 - 1895

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0417 ACTOR

Jacky Flynt

Died 2018

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0418 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Jean-Pierre Rodier

Born 1947

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0419 MISSIONARY

Nicolas Champenois

1734 - 1811

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0420 RELIGIOSO

Simon Mopinot

1685 - 1724

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0421 MILITAR

Pol Charbonneaux

1909 - 1954

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0422 POLITICIAN

Jacques-Jean-Baptiste Duchastel-Berthelin

1756 - 1830

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0423 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Marc Walbaum

1893 - 1971

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0424 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Jeunehomme

1737 - 1806

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0425 POLITICIAN

Aimery Blacque-Belair

1898 - 1989

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0426 BUSINESS

Jean-Pierre Caillot

Born 1961

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0427 POLITICIAN

Henri Noirot

1879 - 1972

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0428 POLITICIAN

Jean-Claude Antonini

1940 - 2019

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0429 FEMINIST

Marie Dedieu

1945 - 2011

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0430 HOCKEY

Arnaud Vaillant

1973 - 2010

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0431 MUSIC

Sebastien Loghman

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0432 FOOTBALL

Rosario Giannetta

Born 1964

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0433 ACTOR

Laura Redi

Born 1920

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0434 HOCKEY

Mathieu Bouché

Born 1979

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0435 BOXER

Robert Gallois

Born 1943

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0436 ABT

Étienne Malmy

1744 - 1840

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0437 WRITER

Jean-Luc Demarty

Born 1952

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0438 FOOTBALL

Nicolas Lemaître

Born 1997

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0439 SWIMMER

Laura Paquit

Born 1995

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0440 PHYSICIAN

Joseph Bouvier (chirurgien)

1883 - 1978

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0441 BASKET

Yunss Akinocho

Born 1987

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0442 RESEARCH

Marie Bartoszewski

1912 - 2001

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0443 FOOTBALL

Jean-Pierre Bertolino

Born 1960

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0444 PRIEST

André Colbert

1647 - 1704

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0445 BIBLIOGRAPHER

Claude Coquebert de Taizy

1758 - 1815

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0446 ARCHITECT

Marc Margotin

Born 1896

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0447 POLITICIAN

Louis Mennesson

1846 - 1933

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0448 SCRIBE

Nicolas Lesgret

1638 - 1700

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0449 POLITICIAN

René Tys

1920 - 1980

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0450 WRITER

Jacques Destrées

1700 - 1788

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0451 POLITICIAN

Justin Haudos

1797 - 1864

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0452 HOCKEY

Tom Charton

Born 1984

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0453 ACTOR

Françoise Goléa

1933 - 1996

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0454 CHEMIST

Louis Charles Henri Macquart

1745 - 1808

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0455 MILITAR

Charles-François Desbureaux

1755 - 1835

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0456 SPORT

Quentin Bernier

Born 1990

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0457 COMPOSER

Georges Moineau

1914 - 2008

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0458 MISSING

Charles Colbert du Terron

1628 - 1684

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0459 FOOTBALL

Simon Janczewski

1926 - 1989

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0460 POLITICIAN

Jules Warnier

1826 - 1899

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0461 AVIATEUR

Max Knipping

1892 - 1947

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0462 FOOTBALL

Daniel Thoirain

Born 1946

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0463 PAINTER

Jacques Simon (maître verrier)

1890 - 1974

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0464 POLITICIAN

Florent Simon Andrieux

1761 - 1835

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0465 POET

Pierre Dhombre

1947 - 2007

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0466 THEATRE

Charles Desteuque

1851 - 1897

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0467 FOOTBALL

Jean Davanne

Born 1936

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0468 POLITICIAN

Augustin Barrachin

1797 - 1883

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0469 POLITICIAN

Jacques Blondel

1746 - 1813

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0470 OFFICER

Jean François Jules Herbé

1824 - 1893

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0471 PHILOSOPHER

Monique Castillo

Died 2019

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0472 POLITICIAN

Paul Lambin

1886 - 1975

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0473 FOOTBALL

Frédéric Lafond

Born 1962

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0474 ACTOR

Adèle Galloy

Born 1989

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0475 LAWYER

Jean Réveillaud

1876 - 1966

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0476 PRIEST

Rangier (cardinal)

1035 - 1096

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0477 FOOTBALL

Raynald Guegain

Born 1952

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0478 BOTANIST

Gustave Coquebert de Montbret

1805 - 1837

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0479 ACTOR

Georgette Sorelle

1887 - 1929

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0480 POLITICIAN

Michel Vuibert

Born 1934

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0481 MANUFACTURER

Edgar-Aimé Seillière

1835 - 1870

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0482 VIOLIST

Miguel da Silva

Born 1961

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0483 MILITAR

Maurice Falvy

1888 - 1970

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0484 BUSINESS

Raphael Ouzan

Born 1987

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0485 NUMISMATE

Marc-Antoine Oudinet

1643 - 1712

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0486 MARÉCHAL

Marie Claude Bernard Verrier

1773 - 1837

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0487 DRAPER

Nicolas Irénée Ruinart

1697 - 1769

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0488 POLITICIAN

Camille Briquet

1880 - 1960

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0489 POLITICIAN

Éric Quénard

Born 1972

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0490 HISTORIAN

Charles Hainchelin

1901 - 1944

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0491 BOXER

Eugène Huat

Born 1907

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0492 POLITICIAN

Louis Roederer (1845-1880)

1845 - 1880

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0493 MANUFACTURER

Frédéric Seillière

1839 - 1899

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0494 ARTIST

Hubert de Sainte-Marie

1923 - 1991

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0495 ACTOR

Laurent Hatat

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0496 POLITICIAN

Napoléon Magne

1865 - 1933

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0497 POLITICIAN

Louis Émile Dérodé

1812 - 1864

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0498 WRITER

Antoine de Boismenu

Born 1968

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0499 POLITICIAN

Simon Leroy-Myon

1790 - 1839

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0500 POLITICIAN

Jean François Xavier Ferrand

1802 - 1885

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0501 ARCHITECT

Auguste Reimbeau

1826 - 1865

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0502 BASKET

Julien Sauret

Born 1981

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0503 POLITICIAN

Léonard Plumet-Folliart

1789 - 1856

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0504 AGRONOMIST

Nicolas Bidet

1709 - 1782

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0505 POLITICIAN

Antony Joly (homme politique, 1868-1935)

1868 - 1935

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0506 POET

Robert Meyrat

1907 - 1997

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0507 JOURNALIST

Hippolyte Nazet

1839 - 1878

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0508 AVIATION

François Warnier

1913 - 2005

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0509 POLITICIAN

Roger Raulet

1900 - 1989

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0510 POLITICIAN

Charles Pelletier (homme politique)

1927 - 2019

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0511 FOOTBALL

Aude Banasiak

Born 1975

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0512 ARCHITECT

Édouard Lamy

1845 - 1919

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0513 POLITICIAN

Pierre Lévesque de Pouilly

1766 - 1855

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0514 POLITICIAN

Jean de Miremont

1755 - 1815

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0515 ATHLETIC

Catherine Richard

Born 1956

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0516 SPORT

Lucien Rich

1892 - 1976

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0517 POLITICIAN

Nicolas Dumont (homme politique)

1732 - 1806

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0518 LAWYER

Nicolas Hurtault-Pinchart

1732 - 1810

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0519 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Espagne

1795 - 1855

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0520 AIKIDO

Charles Abelé

1954 - 2006

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0521 POLITICIAN

François-Nicolas Lagoile de Lochefontaine

1749 - 1814

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0522 FOOTBALL

Pascal Prince

Born 1960

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0523 BASKET

Sylvain Delorme

Born 1975

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0524 POLITICIAN

Jean-Nicolas Forest

1749 - 1827

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0525 POLITICIAN

Charles Euphrasie Bezanson-Perrier

1745 - 1811

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0526 HOCKEY

Pierre Crinon

Born 1995

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0527 CELLIST

Yves Potrel

Born 1950

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0528 MILITAR

Daniel Miart

1927 - 1989

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0529 PAINTER

Jean-Louis Pasquet

Born 1938

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0530 SCÈNE

Jean-Sébastien Oudin

Born 1966

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0531 RACER

Fabrice Auger

Born 1981

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0532 PAINTER

Alfred Delsuc

Born 1859

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0533 NOBRE

Josseaume de Reims

762 - 802

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0534 ARTIST

Guillaume-Ernest Pellus

1878 - 1945

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0535 MISSING

Nicolas Remi Favart d'Herbigny

1735 - 1800

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0536 FOOTBALL

Jean-Claude Hérault

1941 - 1996

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0537 CHRONIQUEUR

Jean Foulquart

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0538 TEST PILOT

Roland Coffignot

1923 - 1993

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0539 CORRESPONDENT

Raoul Bailly

1903 - 1973

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0540 POLITICIAN

Nicolas Galloteau-Chappron

1738 - 1810

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0541 OFFICER

Philippe Rémi Nicolas Bidet de Juzancourt

1737 - 1806

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0542 RÉSISTANCE

Pierre Grandremy

1908 - 1944

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0543 MILITAR

Jean Pierre Thullier

1757 - 1813

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0544 MANUFACTURER

Aimé-Benoît Seillière

1776 - 1860

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0545 HANDBALL

Morgan Staigre

Born 1988

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0546 MANUFACTURER

Benoît-Aimé Seillière

1802 - 1852

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0547 POLITICIAN

Pierre Martin Coutier-Marion

1751 - 1819

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0548 MANUFACTURER

Nicolas-Ernest Seillière

1805 - 1864

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0549 PRIEST

Eugène Lion

1826 - 1883

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0550 AMBASSADOR

Pierre-Louis Gabriel Falaize

1905 - 1974

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0551 ARTISTE

Pierre-Simon Jault

1761 - 1794

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0552 LUTHIER

Jean-Baptiste Salomon

1713 - 1767

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0553 BASKET

Jules Rambaut

Born 1998

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0554 ABT

Louis-Marie Rocourt

1743 - 1824

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0555 BASKET

Sylvie Simonetti

Born 1961

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0556 TEACHER

Jean Banneret

Died 1673

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0557 POLICE

Adrien Peltier

1903 - 1982

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