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 1970s Clear ×
Filip Nikolic
1974 - 2009
Lord Kossity
Born 1973
Céline Lebrun
Born 1976
Nosfell
Born 1977
Flynt (rappeur)
Born 1977
Lisa Bresner
1971 - 2007
Christophe Lévêque
Born 1973
Aboubacar Sankhare
Born 1978
Rachid Santaki
Born 1973
Roméo Sarfati
Born 1970
Émilie Gavois-Kahn
Born 1978
Tarek (scénariste)
Born 1971
Manjul
Born 1976
Soon E MC
Born 1970
Hélène Viard
1970 - 2005
Benjamin Cuq
Born 1974
Xavier Delarue
Born 1977