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: Sculptor Clear ×
Paul Landowski
1875 - 1961
Clara Halter
1942 - 2017
Alfred Janniot
1889 - 1969
Jacques Delahaye
1928 - 2010
Maurice Delannoy
1885 - 1972
Philippe Hiquily
1925 - 2013
Gustave Pimienta
1888 - 1982
Louis Convers
1860 - 1915
Maurice Gambier d'Hurigny
1912 - 2000
Yvonne Diéterle
1882 - 1974
Raymond Joly
1911 - 2006
Julien Lorieux
1876 - 1915
Henri Édouard Navarre
1885 - 1971
Jules Jouant
1863 - 1921
Louis Maubert
1875 - 1949
Alphonse Emmanuel de Moncel de Perrin
1866 - 1930
Pierre-Henri-Félix Honoré
1908 - 1996