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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.
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
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Johnny Hallyday
1943 - 2017
Michel Sardou
Born 1947
Lord Kossity
Born 1973
Irène Bordoni
1885 - 1953
Nosfell
Born 1977
Jean Baudlot
Born 1947
Paul Delmet
1862 - 1904
Jean Tranchant
1904 - 1972
Polin
1863 - 1927
Edmée Favart
1886 - 1941
Saint-Granier
1890 - 1976
Vincent Baguian
Born 1962
Soon E MC
Born 1970
Alain Turban
Born 1947
Davia
1898 - 1996
Géo Charley
1888 - 1954
Suzanne-Marie Bertin
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