45.4339° N, 4.3897° E
SAINT-ETIENNE
Most Famous People Born in Saint-Etienne, France
- Notable people
- 446
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1935
- Most distinctive
- Philosopher 6.3×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Saint-Etienne during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Saint-Etienne Is Known For
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Politician is Saint-Etienne's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (78).
Saint-Etienne over-indexes on philosopher — 6.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Saint-Etienne's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Jules Massenet
1842 - 1912
Willy Sagnol
Born 1977
Orlan
Born 1947
Bernard Lavilliers
Born 1946
Jean Guitton
1901 - 1999
Georges Didi-Huberman
Born 1953
Gilbert Simondon
1924 - 1989
Sébastien Faure
1858 - 1942
Francis Garnier
1839 - 1873
Charles Exbrayat
1906 - 1989
Jules Janin
1804 - 1874
Loïc Perrin
Born 1985
Sylvain Armand
Born 1980
Roger Rivière
1936 - 1976
Claude Charles Fauriel
1772 - 1844
Benoît Fourneyron
1802 - 1867
André Marcon
Born 1948
Gwenaëlle Aubry
Born 1971
Aravane Rezaï
Born 1987
Alexis Ajinça
Born 1988
Jean Dell
Born 1961
Pierre Boutang
1916 - 1998
Jacques Dixmier
Born 1924
Jamal Alioui
Born 1982
Philippe Grandrieux
Born 1954
Dominique Rey
Born 1952
Olivier Sorlin
Born 1979
Monique Pinçon-Charlot
Born 1946
Michel Durafour
1920 - 2017
Émilie Charmy
1878 - 1974
Jacky Nercessian
Born 1950
Augustin Dupré
1748 - 1833
Jean-Michel Othoniel
Born 1964
Paul Fraisse
1911 - 1996
Georges Boudarel
1926 - 2003
Huguette Bouchardeau
Born 1935
Jean Castaneda
Born 1957
Thierry Gueorgiou
Born 1979
Sliimy
Born 1988
Maurice Denuzière
Born 1926
Pierre Adolphe Valette
1876 - 1942
Lucien Neuwirth
1924 - 2013
Juliette Arnaud
Born 1973
Paul Fournel
Born 1947
Georges Bereta
Born 1946
Marc Eyraud
1924 - 2005
Loris Néry
Born 1991
Nicole Claveloux
Born 1940
Jean Cardot
1930 - 2020
Serge Teyssot-Gay
Born 1963
Antoine Cuissard
1924 - 1997
Gilles Delion
Born 1966
Charles Fiterman
Born 1933
René Ballet
1928 - 2017
Michel Thiollière
Born 1955
Gilles Saint-Paul
Born 1963
Élodie Chérie
Born 1966
Brahim Ferradj
Born 1987
Françoise Brochard-Wyart
Born 1944
André Galle
1761 - 1844
Louis Hostin
1908 - 1998
Fabien Libiszewski
Born 1984
Gabriel De Michèle
Born 1941
Évelyne Didi
Born 1949
Jean-Louis Taberd
1794 - 1840
Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges
Born 1944
Pierre Chanal
1946 - 2003
Gérard Bapt
Born 1946
Sinan Özkan
Born 1986
Félix Thiollier
1842 - 1914
Jules Garnier
1839 - 1904
Dominique Ponchardier
1917 - 1986
Fabien Boudarène
Born 1978
Abraham Schrameck
1867 - 1948
Pierre Pinoncelli
Born 1929
Gaston Vidal
1888 - 1949
Pica (auteur)
Born 1953
Jules Roche
1841 - 1923
Philippe Richard
1891 - 1973
Jean-Sébastien Vialatte
Born 1951
Paul Mesnier
1904 - 1988
François Gonon
Born 1979
Jean-Louis Gagnaire
Born 1956
Guy Chambefort
Born 1944
Georges Giraud
1889 - 1943
Julie Leclerc
Born 1949
Jean Gachet
1894 - 1968
Louise Blachère
Born 1989
Paul Valadier
Born 1933
Antonin Moine
1796 - 1849
Norma Ray
Born 1970
Gaëtane Abrial
Born 1988
Peter Pouly
Born 1977
Quentin Caleyron
Born 1988
Pierre Charras
1945 - 2014
Marguerite Gonon
1914 - 1996
Hélène Védrine
1926 - 2019
Romain Reynaud
Born 1983
Tiffany Gauthier
Born 1993
Bernard Fournier
Born 1946
Jacques Hochmann
Born 1934
Antoine Picon
Born 1957
José Frappa
1854 - 1904
Alexandre Bompard
Born 1972
Charles Charras
1920 - 2010
Farah Boufadene
Born 1999
Bruno Gaccio
Born 1958
Henry Chabert
1945 - 2017
Kevin Foley (drummer)
Born 1988
Antoine Durafour
1876 - 1932
Jean-Jacques Liabeuf
1886 - 1910
Vivien Brisse
Born 1988
Hubert Zimmermann
1941 - 2012
Christophe Épalle
Born 1969
Hafid Aggoune
Born 1973
Camille Germain de Montauzan
1862 - 1942
Cyril Chauquet
Born 1976
Jean-José Frappa
1882 - 1939
Laurent Michard
1915 - 1984
Jean-Charles Cirilli
Born 1982
Jacques Despierre (peintre)
1912 - 1995
Laurence Iché
1921 - 2007
Georges Dupré
1869 - 1909
Louis Huvey
1868 - 1954
Jean-François Heisser
Born 1950
Sabri Louatah
Born 1983
Chantal Beaugeant
Born 1961
Philippe Favier
Born 1957
Miloud Hamdi
Born 1971
Anaïs Laurendon
Born 1985
Mathieu Sommet
Born 1988
Marine Gauthier
Born 1990
André Bourgey
Born 1936
Gérald Kierzek
Born 1974
Charles Morice
1860 - 1919
Jean-Louis Alléon-Dulac
1723 - 1788
Piem
1923 - 2020
Nicolas Gabion
Born 1972
Julienne Paroli
1882 - 1959
Jean Fayolle
Born 1937
Louis Poyet
1846 - 1913
Jean Deplace
1944 - 2015
Mickaël Furnon
Born 1970
Maurice Vincent (homme politique, 1955)
Born 1955
Cédric Horjak
Born 1979
Jean-Michel Mis
Born 1967
Jean Bonfils
1921 - 2007
Alain Françon
Born 1945
Antoine Fauré
1883 - 1954
Gilbert Gérintès
1902 - 1968
Hélène Luc
Born 1932
Jean Ray (juriste)
1884 - 1943
Michel Soulié
1916 - 1989
Léon Vaganay
1882 - 1969
Anouck Jaubert
Born 1994
Maurice Montuclard
1904 - 1988
Pascal Fioretto
Born 1962
Cédric Robert
Born 1973
Noël Pointe
1755 - 1825
Henry's
1931 - 2013
Christiane Bopp
Born 1964
Laetitia Agab
Born 1985
Gerard Basset
1957 - 2019
Étienne Copel
Born 1935
Emma Thiollier
1875 - 1973
Philippe Blanchon
Born 1967
Catherine Anne
Born 1960
Eugène Flotard
1821 - 1910
Claudine Chomat
1915 - 1995
Najah El Mahmoud
Born 1977
Annette Kahn
Born 1941
Michelle Zancarini-Fournel
Born 1947
André Buffard
Born 1948
Hugues Fulchiron
Born 1959
Philippe Joubert
Born 1954
Pierre Ponchardier
1909 - 1961
Ladislas Chollat
Born 1975
Henri Guitton
1904 - 1992
Paul Jean Rigollot
1810 - 1873
Maurice Fréchuret
Born 1947
Marius Vasselon
1841 - 1924
André Chabot
Born 1941
Bernard Piffaretti
Born 1955
Violette Maurice
1919 - 2008
Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse
1860 - 1948
Laurent Chambert
Born 1967
Mathieu Fournier
1868 - 1963
Nicolas Mayer
Born 1990
Camille Heitz
Born 1986
Jean-Paul Wenzel
Born 1947
Aurélien Joanin
Born 1978
Philippe Lebreton
Born 1933
Alain Maneval
Born 1953
Chris Evans (chanteur)
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Olivier Poncet
Born 1969
Thierry Oleksiak
Born 1961
Gaston Ferdière
1907 - 1990
Gilles Peycelon
Born 1960
Joanny Moulin
Born 1960
Gilles Artigues
Born 1965
Pierre Gualdi
1920 - 2012
André Chavet
1930 - 2005
Bernard Ceysson
Born 1939
Robert de Montvalon
1920 - 2001
Roger Veyron
Born 1933
Henri Paret (cyclist, born 1854)
Born 1854
Johan Farjot
-
Paul Fustier
1937 - 2016
Patrick Drevet
Born 1948
Daniel Mandon
Born 1939
Stéphane Perger
Born 1975
Léon Husson
1897 - 1982
Lamine Djaballah
Born 1982
Bertrand Fayolle
Born 1975
Hafida Gadi
Born 1974
Maurice Garnier
1938 - 2020
Gilles Granouillet
Born 1963
Jean Garonnaire
Born 1945
Pierre-Henri Tavoillot
Born 1965
Marius Jolivet
1906 - 1964
Eugène Pons
1886 - 1945
Noël Barrot
1903 - 1966
Sébastien Berlier
Born 1976
Henry Canacos
Born 1928
Thomas Bourgin
1986 - 2013
Robert Poinard
Born 1948
Élisabeth Ferrier
Born 1945
Christian Martell
1914 - 1945
Jean Francisque Coignet
1835 - 1902
Kamel Chergui
Born 1993
Panayotis Pascot
Born 1998
François Dubanchet
1923 - 2019
Aimé Malécot
1896 - 1960
Fabrice David
Born 1975
Ernest Hildesheimer
1912 - 2002
Georges Ziegler
Born 1949
Jean Chaleyé
1878 - 1960
John Laval
1854 - 1937
Henri Chomette (architecte)
1921 - 1995
Henry Bolo
1858 - 1921
Auguste Bossu
1889 - 1946
Paul Dini (homme d'affaires)
Born 1937
Marc Stéphane
1870 - 1944
Pierre de Champeville
1885 - 1950
Charles Dorian
1852 - 1902
Raoul-Jean Moulin
1934 - 2014
Henri Bobichon
1866 - 1939
Roland Smet
Born 1952
Anthony Bartholomé
Born 1982
Vincent Cali
Born 1970
Robert Dantzer
Born 1944
Joannès Caton
1849 - 1914
Laurent Fréchuret
Born 1966
Jean-Louis Capezzali
Born 1959
Fabrice Farre
Born 1966
Yves-Daniel Crouzet
Born 1963
Antoine Guichard
1926 - 2013
Robert Ploton
1901 - 1975
Jeanne Parain-Vial
1912 - 2009
Marie-Roberte Guignard
1911 - 1972
Étienne Victor Exbrayat
1879 - 1914
Régine Vial
-
Gérard Voulouzan
Born 1944
Olivier Cigolotti
Born 1963
Corinne Royer
Born 1967
Vincent Sabatier
Born 1966
Virginie Jouve
Born 1983
Pierre-Auguste Callet
1812 - 1883
François Jean-Desthieux
1895 - 1944
Charlotte Massardier
Born 1975
Odile Renaud-Basso
Born 1965
Fernand Davenas
1911 - 2003
Oliv'
Born 1965
Roger Vialleron
1926 - 2016
Henry Regis Granjon
1863 - 1922
Rambert Dumarest
1750 - 1806
Anne-Marie Reynaud
1945 - 2009
Jean Didier
1932 - 2013
Louis Alvergnat
1914 - 1976
Albert Morice
1848 - 1877
Thibault Balahy
Born 1973
Hobopok
Born 1966
David Denave
Born 1985
Jean-Daniel Bouvard
Born 1957
Julien Jurdie
Born 1973
Yann Roubert
Born 1977
Cyrille du Peloux
Born 1954
Marius Bailly
1916 - 2000
Gines Gonzalez
Born 1938
René Sopa
Born 1961
Victor Gay
1855 - 1904
Pierre Brun (sculpteur)
1915 - 2011
Claude Mont
1913 - 2001
Jean-Baptiste Galley
1847 - 1932
Barthélémy Ott
1901 - 1982
Barthélemy Montagnon
1889 - 1969
Noël Thiollier
1872 - 1942
Irène Dubœuf
Born 1954
Nicolas Gougain
Born 1984
Marcel Mérieux
1870 - 1937