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SAINT-OUEN

Most Famous People Born in Saint-Ouen, France

Notable people
784
Peak decade
1900s
Median birth year
1903
Most distinctive
Playwright 6.6×

Less a suburb than Paris's twentieth-century backstage: the Film, Actor and Playwright benches all sit well above baseline — this is the flea-market quarter where the stars of the Gaumont and Pathé years actually lived. Jean Gabin and Jean Renoir turned these streets into the grammar of poetic realism, and the Painter line keeps an older Montmartre-adjacent bohemia in the frame.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Saint-Ouen during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Saint-Ouen Is Known For

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Actor is Saint-Ouen's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (150).

Saint-Ouen over-indexes on playwright6.6× the global rate.

Saint-Ouen under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.

  1. Actor150
  2. Painter72
  3. Writer44
  4. Film42
  5. Politician34
  6. Journalist29
  7. Composer19
  8. Singer17
  1. Playwright86.6×
  2. Film424.4×
  3. Actor1503.6×
  4. Painter723.5×
  5. Sculptor173.3×
  6. Photographer92.4×
  7. Journalist292.4×
  8. Architect162.3×
  1. Football130.1×
  2. Politician340.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

1650170017501800185019001950
  • Film & TV
  • Art & Design
  • Writing
  • Sports
  • Music
  • Politics & Law
  • Other
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Showing 106 of 784 notable people

0003 ACTOR

Jean Gabin

1904 - 1976

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0022 ACTOR

Annabella (actress)

1907 - 1996

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0024 PHILOSOPHER

Bertrand de Jouvenel

1903 - 1987

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0038 CONDUCTOR

Ray Ventura

1908 - 1979

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0044 ACTOR

Robert Le Vigan

1900 - 1972

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0046 ACTOR

Robert Florey

1900 - 1979

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0047 SPORT

André Leducq

1904 - 1980

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0048 POLITICIAN

Gaston Palewski

1901 - 1984

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0064 WRITER

Albert Simonin

1905 - 1980

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0076 PSYCHOANALYST

Daniel Lagache

1903 - 1972

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0078 PHOTOGRAPHER

Eli Lotar

1905 - 1969

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0089 ACTOR

Germaine Montero

1909 - 2000

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0099 BOTANIST

René de Naurois

1906 - 2006

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0104 WRITER

Jean Nohain

1900 - 1981

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0114 CONDUCTOR

Tony Aubin

1907 - 1981

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0118 POLITICIAN

Pierre Frank

1905 - 1984

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0120 ACTOR

Roland Toutain

1905 - 1977

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0134 PHILOSOPHER

Albert Lautman

1908 - 1944

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0136 ACTOR

Jane Sourza

1902 - 1969

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0147 COMPOSER

Georges Hugon

1904 - 1980

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0148 CONDUCTOR

Georges Tzipine

1907 - 1987

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0156 JOURNALIST

Pierre Lazareff

1907 - 1972

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0164 ACTOR

Jean Mercure

1909 - 1998

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0179 FILM

Pierre Caron (director)

1901 - 1971

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0185 POLITICIAN

Max Hymans

1900 - 1961

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0187 ACTOR

Jean Weber

1906 - 1995

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0188 ACTOR

Jeanne Herviale

1908 - 1989

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0189 ACTOR

Pierre Gérald

1906 - 2012

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0196 PHYSICIST

Jacques Solomon

1908 - 1942

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0198 RABBI

Elie Munk

1900 - 1981

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0205 WRITER

André Gillois

1902 - 2004

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0207 ACTOR

Jacqueline Francell

1908 - 1962

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0226 ACTOR

Christian-Gérard

1903 - 1984

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0227 FILM

Jean George Auriol

1907 - 1950

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0231 CHANSONNIER

Jean Rigaux

1909 - 1991

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0242 CINEMA

André Bac

1905 - 1989

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0253 RACER

Pierre Levegh

1905 - 1955

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0256 SINGER

Jean Tranchant

1904 - 1972

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0259 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Pierre Wuilleumier

1904 - 1979

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0282 PAINTER

Édouard Delaporte

1909 - 1983

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0294 PROFESSOR

Robert-Léon Wagner

1905 - 1982

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0295 PUBLISHER

Henri Parisot (éditeur)

1908 - 1979

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0297 WRITER

Cécile de Brunhoff

1903 - 2003

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0306 DRIVER

Charles Pozzi

1909 - 2001

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0308 FENCER

Henri Guérin (fencer)

1905 - 1967

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0315 ILLUSTRATEUR

Roger Parry

1905 - 1977

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0340 ACTOR

Simone Vaudry

1906 - 1993

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0355 GRAPHISTE

Pierre Fix-Masseau

1905 - 1994

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0380 ATHLETIC

Pierre Guilloux

1901 - 1937

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0385 ACTOR

Roland Caillaux

1905 - 1977

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0394 FILM

Jean Bourgoint

1905 - 1966

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0405 JOURNALIST

Suzanne Feingold

1904 - 1977

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0407 ACTOR

Lilian Constantini

1902 - 1982

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0410 ACTOR

Maurice Salabert

1904 - 1966

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0415 ATHLETIC

Lucie Petit-Diagre

Born 1901

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0426 PRODUCER

Pierre Bourgeois (industrie musicale)

1904 - 1976

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0433 PLAYWRIGHT

Eddy Ghilain

1902 - 1974

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0436 LYRICIST

Roger Fernay

1905 - 1983

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0445 VIOLIN

Roland Charmy

1908 - 1987

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0453 FILM

Pierre-Jean Ducis

1907 - 1980

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0462 ROWER

Vincent Saurin

1907 - 1991

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0464 PAINTER

Rodolphe Caillaux

1904 - 1989

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0468 PAINTER

Edgar Mélik

1904 - 1976

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0476 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Odette Monod-Bruhl

1906 - 1972

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0480 DESSINATEUR

Robert Rigot

1908 - 1998

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0482 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pierre Ichac

1901 - 1978

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0484 PAINTER

Émile Sabouraud

1900 - 1996

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0485 SCREENWRITER

Pierre Boileau

1906 - 1989

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0494 MILITAR

Pol Lapeyre

1903 - 1925

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0505 BIOGRAPHER

Arlette de Pitray

1904 - 1989

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0509 POLITICIAN

Madeleine Braun

1907 - 1980

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0524 LAWYER

Jacques Fourcade

1902 - 1959

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0525 ENGINEER

Jean Dourgnon

1901 - 1985

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0527 ACTOR

Pierre Sergeol

1902 - 1975

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0528 ACTOR

Émile Riandreys

1900 - 1977

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0539 PAINTER

André Margat

1903 - 1997

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0573 FILMMAKER

Jacques Berr

1900 - 1978

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0590 ACTOR

Denise Kerny

1907 - 1970

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0600 SELLER

André Fabius

1908 - 1984

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0601 JOURNALIST

Loys Van Lee

1906 - 1982

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0611 PHYSICIST

René Freymann

1909 - 1995

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0619 FILM

Pierre Schwab

1901 - 1986

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0623 BOTANIST

Jean Augier

1909 - 1997

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0639 PAINTER

Raymond Charmet

1904 - 1973

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0652 JOURNALIST

Jean-Maurice Hermann

1905 - 1988

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0653 PHOTOGRAPHER

Cosette Harcourt

1900 - 1976

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0658 POLITICIAN

Maurice Coutrot

1907 - 1992

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0663 SPY

Jean Worms (résistant)

1909 - 1945

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0665 SYNDICALISTE

Gabriel Veillard

1900 - 1991

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0685 PHYSICIST

Henri Daniel Rathgeber

1908 - 1995

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0700 PRINTMAKER

Camille Quesneville

1901 - 1971

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0701 FIGHTER

Samuel Kohn

1901 - 1943

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0707 POLITICIAN

René Leduc (homme politique)

1901 - 1983

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0720 PHYSICIAN

Raphaël Cherchève

1904 - 2000

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0721 ACTOR

Hélène Pépée

1902 - 1990

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0731 ENGINEER

André Mauzin

1901 - 1995

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0741 RÉSISTANCE

Maurice Weber (résistant)

1905 - 2004

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0748 PLAYER

Charles Petit

1903 - 1981

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0749 ACTOR

Émile Duard (acteur)

1904 - 1975

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0756 MISSING

Renée Cretet-Flavier

Born 1905

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0759 SCULPTOR

Pierre-Henri-Félix Honoré

1908 - 1996

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0760 WEIGHTLIFTER

Gaston le Pût

Born 1903

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0762 BUSINESS

Jean Courvoisier (banquier)

1904 - 1982

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0767 MILITAR

Marthe Norgeu

1907 - 1989

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0770 BUSINESS

Philippe Coquillon

1909 - 1990

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0776 INSPECTEUR

Samy Lattès

1902 - 1987

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