48.8796° N, 2.3314° E
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.
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 playwright — 6.6× the global rate.
Saint-Ouen under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.
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.
- Film & TV
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Sports
- Music
- Politics & Law
- Other
- Filtered to 1960s Clear ×
Laurent Fignon
1960 - 2010
Mathilda May
Born 1965
Sophie Mounicot
Born 1960
Virginie Lemoine
Born 1961
Alain Goldman
Born 1961
Adama Niane (acteur)
Born 1966
Vincent Baguian
Born 1962
William Delannoy
Born 1965
Didier Le Bret
Born 1963
Patrick Keil
1963 - 2019
Félicie Dubois
Born 1966
Alain René-Corail
Born 1962
Yazid Chir
Born 1964