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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

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1900s with 106 notable births.

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 22 of 784 notable people

0006 LAWYER

Christine Lagarde

Born 1956

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0108 POLITICIAN

Robert Rochefort

Born 1955

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0135 POLITICIAN

Philippe Goujon

Born 1954

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0177 ACTOR

Philippe Risoli

Born 1953

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0285 FILM

Charles Najman

1956 - 2016

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0301 ACTOR

Dominique de Keuchel

1956 - 2004

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0351 ACTOR

Christine Dejoux

Born 1953

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0369 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jean-Philippe Reverdot

1952 - 2020

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0403 SCREENWRITER

Dominique Mézerette

1955 - 2016

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0435 JOURNALIST

François Baudot

1950 - 2010

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0473 FONCTIONNAIRE

Jean-Jacques Brot

Born 1956

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0479 JOURNALIST

Philippe Chaffanjon

1958 - 2013

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0523 SINOLOGIST

Jacques Giès

Born 1950

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0546 POLITICIAN

Bernard Birsinger

1954 - 2006

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0587 HISTORIAN

Emmanuel Chadeau

1956 - 2000

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0620 PAINTER

Simon Messagier

1958 - 2019

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0638 ARTIST

Roland Monpierre

Born 1954

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0676 BUSINESS

David Girard

1959 - 1990

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0708 FOOTBALL

Patrick Papin

Born 1955

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0712 FILM

Éric Pittard

1953 - 2013

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0738 JOURNALIST

Vittorio de Filippis

Born 1959

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0754 FENCER

Philippe Bena

1952 - 2012

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