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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×
Through the Decades

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 philosopher6.3× the global rate.

  1. Politician78
  2. Football36
  3. Painter23
  4. Actor21
  5. Writer18
  6. Sport14
  7. Artist10
  8. Philosopher10
  1. Philosopher106.3×
  2. Sculptor82.8×
  3. Artist102.2×
  4. Poet102.2×
  5. Painter232.0×
  6. Sport141.9×
  7. Athletic91.8×
  8. Business81.8×

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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446 notable people

0001 COMPOSER

Jules Massenet

1842 - 1912

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0002 FOOTBALL

Willy Sagnol

Born 1977

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0003 ARTIST

Orlan

Born 1947

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0004 SINGER

Bernard Lavilliers

Born 1946

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0005 PHILOSOPHER

Jean Guitton

1901 - 1999

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0006 PHILOSOPHER

Georges Didi-Huberman

Born 1953

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0007 PHILOSOPHER

Gilbert Simondon

1924 - 1989

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0008 ANARCHIST

Sébastien Faure

1858 - 1942

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0009 EXPLORER

Francis Garnier

1839 - 1873

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0010 WRITER

Charles Exbrayat

1906 - 1989

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0011 WRITER

Jules Janin

1804 - 1874

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0012 FOOTBALL

Loïc Perrin

Born 1985

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0013 FOOTBALL

Sylvain Armand

Born 1980

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0014 SPORT

Roger Rivière

1936 - 1976

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0015 HISTORIAN

Claude Charles Fauriel

1772 - 1844

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0016 ENGINEER

Benoît Fourneyron

1802 - 1867

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0017 ACTOR

André Marcon

Born 1948

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0018 PHILOSOPHER

Gwenaëlle Aubry

Born 1971

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0019 PLAYER

Aravane Rezaï

Born 1987

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0020 BASKET

Alexis Ajinça

Born 1988

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0021 ACTOR

Jean Dell

Born 1961

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0022 LINGUIST

Pierre Boutang

1916 - 1998

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0023 MATHEMATICIAN

Jacques Dixmier

Born 1924

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0024 FOOTBALL

Jamal Alioui

Born 1982

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0025 FILM

Philippe Grandrieux

Born 1954

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0026 BISHOP

Dominique Rey

Born 1952

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0027 FOOTBALL

Olivier Sorlin

Born 1979

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0028 SOCIOLOGIST

Monique Pinçon-Charlot

Born 1946

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0029 POLITICIAN

Michel Durafour

1920 - 2017

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0030 PAINTER

Émilie Charmy

1878 - 1974

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0031 ACTOR

Jacky Nercessian

Born 1950

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0032 ENGRAVER

Augustin Dupré

1748 - 1833

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0033 SCULPTOR

Jean-Michel Othoniel

Born 1964

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0034 PSYCHOLOGIST

Paul Fraisse

1911 - 1996

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0035 ACTIVIST

Georges Boudarel

1926 - 2003

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0036 BIOGRAPHER

Huguette Bouchardeau

Born 1935

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0037 FOOTBALL

Jean Castaneda

Born 1957

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0038 ATHLETIC

Thierry Gueorgiou

Born 1979

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0039 SINGER

Sliimy

Born 1988

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0040 WRITER

Maurice Denuzière

Born 1926

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0041 PAINTER

Pierre Adolphe Valette

1876 - 1942

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0042 POLITICIAN

Lucien Neuwirth

1924 - 2013

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0043 ACTOR

Juliette Arnaud

Born 1973

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0044 POET

Paul Fournel

Born 1947

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0045 FOOTBALL

Georges Bereta

Born 1946

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0046 ACTOR

Marc Eyraud

1924 - 2005

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0047 FOOTBALL

Loris Néry

Born 1991

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0048 PAINTER

Nicole Claveloux

Born 1940

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0049 SCULPTOR

Jean Cardot

1930 - 2020

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0050 GUITAR

Serge Teyssot-Gay

Born 1963

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0051 FOOTBALL

Antoine Cuissard

1924 - 1997

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0052 SPORT

Gilles Delion

Born 1966

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0053 POLITICIAN

Charles Fiterman

Born 1933

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0054 NOVELIST

René Ballet

1928 - 2017

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0055 POLITICIAN

Michel Thiollière

Born 1955

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0056 ECONOMIST

Gilles Saint-Paul

Born 1963

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0057 ACTOR

Élodie Chérie

Born 1966

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0058 FOOTBALL

Brahim Ferradj

Born 1987

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0059 PHYSICIST

Françoise Brochard-Wyart

Born 1944

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0060 SCULPTOR

André Galle

1761 - 1844

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0061 WEIGHTLIFTER

Louis Hostin

1908 - 1998

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0062 CHESS

Fabien Libiszewski

Born 1984

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0063 FOOTBALL

Gabriel De Michèle

Born 1941

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0064 ACTOR

Évelyne Didi

Born 1949

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0065 MISSIONARY

Jean-Louis Taberd

1794 - 1840

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0066 PRIEST

Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges

Born 1944

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0067 KILLER

Pierre Chanal

1946 - 2003

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0068 POLITICIAN

Gérard Bapt

Born 1946

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0069 FOOTBALL

Sinan Özkan

Born 1986

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0070 PHOTOGRAPHER

Félix Thiollier

1842 - 1914

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0071 ENGINEER

Jules Garnier

1839 - 1904

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0072 SCREENWRITER

Dominique Ponchardier

1917 - 1986

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0073 FOOTBALL

Fabien Boudarène

Born 1978

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0074 POLITICIAN

Abraham Schrameck

1867 - 1948

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0075 PAINTER

Pierre Pinoncelli

Born 1929

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0076 POLITICIAN

Gaston Vidal

1888 - 1949

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0077 ARTIST

Pica (auteur)

Born 1953

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0078 POLITICIAN

Jules Roche

1841 - 1923

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0079 ACTOR

Philippe Richard

1891 - 1973

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0080 POLITICIAN

Jean-Sébastien Vialatte

Born 1951

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0081 FILM

Paul Mesnier

1904 - 1988

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0082 ATHLETIC

François Gonon

Born 1979

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0083 POLITICIAN

Jean-Louis Gagnaire

Born 1956

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0084 POLITICIAN

Guy Chambefort

Born 1944

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0085 MATHEMATICIAN

Georges Giraud

1889 - 1943

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0086 JOURNALIST

Julie Leclerc

Born 1949

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0087 BOXER

Jean Gachet

1894 - 1968

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0088 ACTOR

Louise Blachère

Born 1989

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0089 PHILOSOPHER

Paul Valadier

Born 1933

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0090 SCULPTOR

Antonin Moine

1796 - 1849

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0091 SINGER

Norma Ray

Born 1970

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0092 SINGER

Gaëtane Abrial

Born 1988

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0093 SPORT

Peter Pouly

Born 1977

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0094 SPORT

Quentin Caleyron

Born 1988

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0095 ACTOR

Pierre Charras

1945 - 2014

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0096 HISTORIAN

Marguerite Gonon

1914 - 1996

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0097 PHILOSOPHER

Hélène Védrine

1926 - 2019

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0098 FOOTBALL

Romain Reynaud

Born 1983

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0099 SKIER

Tiffany Gauthier

Born 1993

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0100 POLITICIAN

Bernard Fournier

Born 1946

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0101 PSYCHIATRIST

Jacques Hochmann

Born 1934

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0102 ARCHITECT

Antoine Picon

Born 1957

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0103 PAINTER

José Frappa

1854 - 1904

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0104 BUSINESS

Alexandre Bompard

Born 1972

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0105 ACTOR

Charles Charras

1920 - 2010

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0106 GYMNAST

Farah Boufadene

Born 1999

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0107 SCREENWRITER

Bruno Gaccio

Born 1958

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0108 POLITICIAN

Henry Chabert

1945 - 2017

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0109 MUSIC

Kevin Foley (drummer)

Born 1988

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0110 POLITICIAN

Antoine Durafour

1876 - 1932

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0111 COBBLER

Jean-Jacques Liabeuf

1886 - 1910

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0112 SPORT

Vivien Brisse

Born 1988

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0113 ENGINEER

Hubert Zimmermann

1941 - 2012

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0114 HAMMER THROWER

Christophe Épalle

Born 1969

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0115 WRITER

Hafid Aggoune

Born 1973

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0116 TEACHER

Camille Germain de Montauzan

1862 - 1942

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0117 CREATIVE

Cyril Chauquet

Born 1976

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0118 FILM

Jean-José Frappa

1882 - 1939

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0119 ROMANIST

Laurent Michard

1915 - 1984

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0120 FOOTBALL

Jean-Charles Cirilli

Born 1982

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0121 PAINTER

Jacques Despierre (peintre)

1912 - 1995

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0122 POET

Laurence Iché

1921 - 2007

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0123 SCULPTOR

Georges Dupré

1869 - 1909

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0124 PAINTER

Louis Huvey

1868 - 1954

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0125 PIANIST

Jean-François Heisser

Born 1950

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0126 WRITER

Sabri Louatah

Born 1983

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0127 ATHLETIC

Chantal Beaugeant

Born 1961

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0128 PAINTER

Philippe Favier

Born 1957

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0129 FOOTBALL

Miloud Hamdi

Born 1971

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0130 PLAYER

Anaïs Laurendon

Born 1985

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0131 COMÉDIEN

Mathieu Sommet

Born 1988

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0132 SKIER

Marine Gauthier

Born 1990

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0133 GEOGRAPHER

André Bourgey

Born 1936

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0134 PHYSICIAN

Gérald Kierzek

Born 1974

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0135 POET

Charles Morice

1860 - 1919

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0136 ENTOMOLOGIST

Jean-Louis Alléon-Dulac

1723 - 1788

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0137 CARICATURIST

Piem

1923 - 2020

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0138 ACTOR

Nicolas Gabion

Born 1972

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0139 ACTOR

Julienne Paroli

1882 - 1959

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0140 ATHLETIC

Jean Fayolle

Born 1937

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0141 DESSINATEUR

Louis Poyet

1846 - 1913

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0142 CELLIST

Jean Deplace

1944 - 2015

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0143 SINGER

Mickaël Furnon

Born 1970

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0144 POLITICIAN

Maurice Vincent (homme politique, 1955)

Born 1955

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0145 FOOTBALL

Cédric Horjak

Born 1979

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0146 POLITICIAN

Jean-Michel Mis

Born 1967

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0147 COMPOSER

Jean Bonfils

1921 - 2007

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0148 PLAYWRIGHT

Alain Françon

Born 1945

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0149 SPORT

Antoine Fauré

1883 - 1954

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0150 PLAYER

Gilbert Gérintès

1902 - 1968

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0151 POLITICIAN

Hélène Luc

Born 1932

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0152 PHILOSOPHER

Jean Ray (juriste)

1884 - 1943

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0153 POLITICIAN

Michel Soulié

1916 - 1989

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0154 PRIEST

Léon Vaganay

1882 - 1969

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0155 CLIMB

Anouck Jaubert

Born 1994

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0156 WRITER

Maurice Montuclard

1904 - 1988

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0157 WRITER

Pascal Fioretto

Born 1962

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0158 DRIVER

Cédric Robert

Born 1973

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0159 POLITICIAN

Noël Pointe

1755 - 1825

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0160 CIRCUS

Henry's

1931 - 2013

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0161 ACTOR

Christiane Bopp

Born 1964

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0162 FOOTBALL

Laetitia Agab

Born 1985

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0163 SOMMELIER

Gerard Basset

1957 - 2019

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0164 MILITAR

Étienne Copel

Born 1935

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0165 PAINTER

Emma Thiollier

1875 - 1973

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0166 POET

Philippe Blanchon

Born 1967

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0167 ACTOR

Catherine Anne

Born 1960

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0168 REPUBLICAN

Eugène Flotard

1821 - 1910

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0169 POLITICIAN

Claudine Chomat

1915 - 1995

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0170 PIANIST

Najah El Mahmoud

Born 1977

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0171 JOURNALIST

Annette Kahn

Born 1941

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0172 HISTORIAN

Michelle Zancarini-Fournel

Born 1947

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0173 LAWYER

André Buffard

Born 1948

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0174 ACADEMIC

Hugues Fulchiron

Born 1959

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0175 BUSINESS

Philippe Joubert

Born 1954

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0176 NAVY

Pierre Ponchardier

1909 - 1961

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0177 THEATRE

Ladislas Chollat

Born 1975

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0178 ECONOMIST

Henri Guitton

1904 - 1992

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0179 PHARMACIST

Paul Jean Rigollot

1810 - 1873

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0180 ART HISTORIAN

Maurice Fréchuret

Born 1947

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0181 PAINTER

Marius Vasselon

1841 - 1924

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0182 PHOTOGRAPHER

André Chabot

Born 1941

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0183 PAINTER

Bernard Piffaretti

Born 1955

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0184 POET

Violette Maurice

1919 - 2008

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0185 PRIEST

Jacques-Victor-Marius Rouchouse

1860 - 1948

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0186 COMPOSER

Laurent Chambert

Born 1967

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0187 NOVELIST

Mathieu Fournier

1868 - 1963

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0188 SKI

Nicolas Mayer

Born 1990

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0189 FREEDIVER

Camille Heitz

Born 1986

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0190 ACTOR

Jean-Paul Wenzel

Born 1947

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0191 DRUMMER

Aurélien Joanin

Born 1978

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0192 BIOCHEMIST

Philippe Lebreton

Born 1933

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0193 PRESENTER

Alain Maneval

Born 1953

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0194 SINGER

Chris Evans (chanteur)

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0195 HISTORIAN

Olivier Poncet

Born 1969

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0196 FOOTBALL

Thierry Oleksiak

Born 1961

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0197 POET

Gaston Ferdière

1907 - 1990

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0198 FOOTBALL

Gilles Peycelon

Born 1960

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0199 ACADEMIC

Joanny Moulin

Born 1960

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0200 POLITICIAN

Gilles Artigues

Born 1965

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0201 ACTOR

Pierre Gualdi

1920 - 2012

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0202 BASKET

André Chavet

1930 - 2005

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0203 CURATOR

Bernard Ceysson

Born 1939

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0204 WRITER

Robert de Montvalon

1920 - 2001

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0205 BASKET

Roger Veyron

Born 1933

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0206 SPORT

Henri Paret (cyclist, born 1854)

Born 1854

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0207 PIANIST

Johan Farjot

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0208 PSYCHOLOGIST

Paul Fustier

1937 - 2016

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0209 WRITER

Patrick Drevet

Born 1948

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0210 POLITICIAN

Daniel Mandon

Born 1939

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0211 ARTIST

Stéphane Perger

Born 1975

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0212 PHILOSOPHER

Léon Husson

1897 - 1982

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0213 FOOTBALL

Lamine Djaballah

Born 1982

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0214 FOOTBALL

Bertrand Fayolle

Born 1975

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0215 ATHLETIC

Hafida Gadi

Born 1974

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0216 PAINTER

Maurice Garnier

1938 - 2020

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0217 THEATRE

Gilles Granouillet

Born 1963

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0218 PAINTER

Jean Garonnaire

Born 1945

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0219 PHILOSOPHER

Pierre-Henri Tavoillot

Born 1965

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0220 PRIEST

Marius Jolivet

1906 - 1964

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0221 PRINTER

Eugène Pons

1886 - 1945

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0222 POLITICIAN

Noël Barrot

1903 - 1966

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0223 ATHLETE

Sébastien Berlier

Born 1976

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0224 POLITICIAN

Henry Canacos

Born 1928

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0225 RACER

Thomas Bourgin

1986 - 2013

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0226 PRIEST

Robert Poinard

Born 1948

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0227 ACTOR

Élisabeth Ferrier

Born 1945

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0228 OFFICER

Christian Martell

1914 - 1945

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0229 ENGINEER

Jean Francisque Coignet

1835 - 1902

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0230 FOOTBALL

Kamel Chergui

Born 1993

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0231 COLUMNIST

Panayotis Pascot

Born 1998

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0232 POLITICIAN

François Dubanchet

1923 - 2019

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0233 POLITICIAN

Aimé Malécot

1896 - 1960

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0234 ARTIST

Fabrice David

Born 1975

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0235 ARCHIVIST

Ernest Hildesheimer

1912 - 2002

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0236 POLITICIAN

Georges Ziegler

Born 1949

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0237 PAINTER

Jean Chaleyé

1878 - 1960

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0238 PRIEST

John Laval

1854 - 1937

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0239 ARCHITECT

Henri Chomette (architecte)

1921 - 1995

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0240 PRIEST

Henry Bolo

1858 - 1921

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0241 ARCHITECT

Auguste Bossu

1889 - 1946

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0242 COLLECTOR

Paul Dini (homme d'affaires)

Born 1937

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0243 WRITER

Marc Stéphane

1870 - 1944

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0244 PAINTER

Pierre de Champeville

1885 - 1950

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0245 POLITICIAN

Charles Dorian

1852 - 1902

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0246 ART CRITIC

Raoul-Jean Moulin

1934 - 2014

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0247 ADMINISTRATOR

Henri Bobichon

1866 - 1939

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0248 SPORT

Roland Smet

Born 1952

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0249 FOOTBALL

Anthony Bartholomé

Born 1982

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0250 SPORT

Vincent Cali

Born 1970

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0251 BIOLOGIST

Robert Dantzer

Born 1944

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0252 JOURNALIST

Joannès Caton

1849 - 1914

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0253 ACTOR

Laurent Fréchuret

Born 1966

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0254 OBOIST

Jean-Louis Capezzali

Born 1959

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0255 POET

Fabrice Farre

Born 1966

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0256 WRITER

Yves-Daniel Crouzet

Born 1963

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0257 BUSINESS

Antoine Guichard

1926 - 2013

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0258 PRIEST

Robert Ploton

1901 - 1975

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0259 PHILOSOPHER

Jeanne Parain-Vial

1912 - 2009

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0260 ORIENTALIST

Marie-Roberte Guignard

1911 - 1972

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0261 SCULPTOR

Étienne Victor Exbrayat

1879 - 1914

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0262 FILM

Régine Vial

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0263 PAINTER

Gérard Voulouzan

Born 1944

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0264 POLITICIAN

Olivier Cigolotti

Born 1963

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0265 WRITER

Corinne Royer

Born 1967

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0266 POET

Vincent Sabatier

Born 1966

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0267 ATHLETE

Virginie Jouve

Born 1983

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0268 POLITICIAN

Pierre-Auguste Callet

1812 - 1883

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0269 POET

François Jean-Desthieux

1895 - 1944

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0270 SWIMMER

Charlotte Massardier

Born 1975

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0271 FONCTIONNAIRE

Odile Renaud-Basso

Born 1965

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0272 MAGISTRAT

Fernand Davenas

1911 - 2003

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0273 ARTIST

Oliv'

Born 1965

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0274 FOOTBALL

Roger Vialleron

1926 - 2016

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0275 PRIEST

Henry Regis Granjon

1863 - 1922

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0276 MEDALLIST

Rambert Dumarest

1750 - 1806

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0277 CHOREOGRAPHER

Anne-Marie Reynaud

1945 - 2009

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0278 GEOLOGIST

Jean Didier

1932 - 2013

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0279 TRADE UNION

Louis Alvergnat

1914 - 1976

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0280 PHYSICIAN

Albert Morice

1848 - 1877

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0281 ARTIST

Thibault Balahy

Born 1973

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0282 ILLUSTRATOR

Hobopok

Born 1966

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0283 BASKET

David Denave

Born 1985

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0284 PAINTER

Jean-Daniel Bouvard

Born 1957

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0285 SPORT

Julien Jurdie

Born 1973

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0286 RUGBY

Yann Roubert

Born 1977

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0287 BUSINESS

Cyrille du Peloux

Born 1954

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0288 WRITER

Marius Bailly

1916 - 2000

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0289 FOOTBALL

Gines Gonzalez

Born 1938

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0290 MUSIC

René Sopa

Born 1961

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0291 LAWYER

Victor Gay

1855 - 1904

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0292 SCULPTOR

Pierre Brun (sculpteur)

1915 - 2011

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0293 POLITICIAN

Claude Mont

1913 - 2001

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0294 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Galley

1847 - 1932

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0295 POLITICIAN

Barthélémy Ott

1901 - 1982

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0296 POLITICIAN

Barthélemy Montagnon

1889 - 1969

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0297 ART HISTORIAN

Noël Thiollier

1872 - 1942

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0298 POET

Irène Dubœuf

Born 1954

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0299 ACTIVIST

Nicolas Gougain

Born 1984

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0300 BIOCHEMIST

Marcel Mérieux

1870 - 1937

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