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
- Field: Playwright Clear ×
Georges Feydeau
1862 - 1921
François Billetdoux
1927 - 1991
Léon Gandillot
1862 - 1912
Georges Ancey
1860 - 1917
André Arnyvelde
1881 - 1942
Eddy Ghilain
1902 - 1974
Fernand Nozière
1874 - 1931
Émile Mazaud
1884 - 1970