43.1250° N, 5.9306° E

TOULON

Most Famous People Born in Toulon, France

Notable people
564
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1937
Most distinctive
Officier 91.8×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Toulon during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 56 notable births.

What Toulon Is Known For

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Politician is Toulon's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (60).

Toulon over-indexes on officier91.8× the global rate.

Toulon under-produces football — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Politician60
  2. Player47
  3. Football41
  4. Painter38
  5. Writer31
  6. Actor24
  7. Militar18
  8. Singer14
  1. Officier891.8×
  2. Navy1017.5×
  3. Explorer89.2×
  4. Player474.3×
  5. Militar182.6×
  6. Painter382.6×
  7. Sculptor92.4×
  8. Poet142.4×
  1. Football410.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Toulon's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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564 notable people

0001 COMPOSER

Gilbert Bécaud

1927 - 2001

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0002 ACTOR

Mireille Darc

1938 - 2017

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0003 HISTORIAN

Jacques Le Goff

1924 - 2014

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0004 ARCHITECT

Lúcio Costa

1902 - 1998

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0005 ACTOR

Raimu

1883 - 1946

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0006 FOOTBALL

Sébastien Squillaci

Born 1980

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0007 WRITER

Anne Golon

1921 - 2017

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0008 WRITER

Maylis de Kerangal

Born 1967

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0009 PAINTER

Louis-Michel van Loo

1707 - 1771

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0010 SINGER

Camélia Jordana

Born 1992

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0011 EXPLORER

Jean-Michel Cousteau

Born 1938

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0012 POLITICIAN

Gabriel Péri

1902 - 1941

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0013 WRITER

Jean Aicard

1848 - 1921

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0014 JESUIT

Jean Joseph Marie Amiot

1718 - 1793

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0015 WRITER

Ferdinand Brunetière

1849 - 1906

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0016 FILM

Michèle Arnaud

1919 - 1998

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0017 ACTOR

Félix Mayol

1872 - 1941

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0018 PLAYER

Christophe Dominici

1972 - 2020

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0019 FOOTBALL

Bruno Bellone

Born 1962

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0020 FOOTBALL

Jordan Amavi

Born 1994

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0021 POLITICIAN

Claude Goasguen

1945 - 2020

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0022 EXPLORER

Philippe Cousteau

1940 - 1979

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0023 ZOOLOGIST

Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville

1799 - 1874

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0024 PROFESSOR

Pierre Michel

Born 1942

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0025 BIOLOGIST

Remy Chauvin

1913 - 2009

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0026 EDUCATION

Paul Robin

1837 - 1912

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0027 FOOTBALL

Kaba Diawara

Born 1975

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0028 PAINTER

Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin

1783 - 1855

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0029 ADMIRAL

Laurent Jean François Truguet

1752 - 1839

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0030 FILM

Brigitte Roüan

Born 1946

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0031 MODEL

Anais Mali

Born 1991

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0032 PHOTOGRAPHER

Chloë des Lysses

Born 1972

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0033 ACTOR

Olinka Hardiman

Born 1960

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0034 ACTOR

Ève Lavallière

1866 - 1929

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0035 FOOTBALL

Alexandre Mendy (footballer, born 1994)

Born 1994

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0036 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Jean Blondel

Born 1929

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0037 PLAYER

Pierre Mignoni

Born 1977

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0038 POLITICIAN

François Missoffe

1919 - 2003

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0039 SINGER

Jean-Roch

Born 1966

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0040 AUTHOR

Jean-Marc Lofficier

Born 1954

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0041 MYSTIQUE

Catherine Cadière

1709 - 1731

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0042 MUSIC

Xavier de Maistre (harpist)

Born 1973

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0043 ARISTOCRAT

Louis Joseph, Duke of Guise

1650 - 1671

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0044 POLITICIAN

Pierre de Chevigné

1909 - 2004

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0045 POLITICIAN

Paolo Ignazio Maria Thaon di Revel

1888 - 1973

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0046 EXPLORER

Raymond Maufrais

1926 - 1950

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0047 SCULPTOR

André-Joseph Allar

1845 - 1926

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0048 LAWYER

Joseph Louis Elzéar Ortolan

1802 - 1873

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0049 ART HISTORIAN

Jean-Michel Leniaud

Born 1951

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0050 PLAYER

Christian Califano

Born 1972

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0051 EXPLORER

Marie-Charles David de Mayréna

1842 - 1890

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0052 FOOTBALL

Franck Honorat

Born 1996

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0053 EXPLORER

Simone Melchior

1919 - 1990

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0054 PAINTER

Pierre-Jacques Volaire

1728 - 1799

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0055 ENGINEER

Georges Jean Marie Darrieus

1888 - 1979

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0056 EXPLORER

Patrice Franceschi

Born 1954

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0057 PAINTER

Vincent Courdouan

1810 - 1893

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0058 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Didier Tarquin

Born 1967

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0059 ADMIRAL

Théophile Aube

1826 - 1890

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0060 SPORT

Sandie Clair

Born 1988

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0061 PLAYER

Cyril Saulnier

Born 1975

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0062 FOOTBALL

Jérôme Prior

Born 1995

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0063 SINGER

Jean Guidoni

Born 1952

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0064 ACTOR

Maurice de Canonge

1894 - 1978

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0065 POET

Jean-Claude Renard

1922 - 2002

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0066 PLAYER

Éric Champ

Born 1962

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0067 NOVELIST

Jean Lombard

1854 - 1891

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0068 ACTOR

Sabine Paturel

Born 1965

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0069 PHILOSOPHER

Georges Labica

1930 - 2009

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0070 ACTOR

René Sarvil

1901 - 1975

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0071 WRITER

Joëlle Wintrebert

Born 1949

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0072 POLITICIAN

Philippe Vitel

Born 1955

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0073 FENCER

Émile Coste

1862 - 1927

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0074 ARTIST

Farid Boudjellal

Born 1953

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0075 POLITICIAN

Maryse Joissains

Born 1942

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0076 ENTREPRENEUR

Pierre Chappaz

Born 1959

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0077 ACTOR

Sandra Julien

Born 1950

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0078 PAEDIATRICIAN

Marcel Rufo

Born 1944

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0079 ECONOMIST

Jean-Hervé Lorenzi

Born 1947

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0080 NAVY

Jacques Lanxade

Born 1934

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0081 FOOTBALL

Marc Libbra

Born 1972

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0082 FOOTBALL

Matthieu Sans

Born 1988

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0083 RACER

Jean-Philippe Ruggia

Born 1965

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0084 MILITAR

André Marquis

1883 - 1957

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0085 ATHLETIC

Michèle Chardonnet

Born 1956

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0086 PRESBYTER

Georges de Nantes

1924 - 2010

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0087 BOTANIST

Édouard Marie Heckel

1843 - 1916

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0088 POLITICIAN

Razzy Hammadi

Born 1979

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0089 CINEMA

Jean Tournier

1926 - 2004

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0090 ASTRONOMER

Joseph Bernard de Chabert

1724 - 1805

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0091 FOOTBALL

Matar Fall

Born 1982

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0092 RESEARCH

Jean Véronis

1955 - 2013

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0093 NAVY

Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville

1700 - 1778

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0094 FOOTBALL

Jérôme Lemoigne

Born 1983

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0095 BUSINESS

Olivier Zarrouati

Born 1958

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0096 POLITICIAN

Patrice Gélard

1938 - 2020

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0097 INTERPRETER

Brigitte Sauzay

1947 - 2003

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0098 CLIMATOLOGIST

Hervé Le Treut

Born 1956

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0099 PAINTER

Charles de Tournemine

1812 - 1872

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0100 CONDUCTOR

Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges

1773 - 1838

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0101 OFFICER

Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (military engineer)

1682 - 1756

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0102 POLITICIAN

Laurianne Rossi

Born 1984

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0103 SINGER

Jean Jacques

Born 1956

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0104 POLITICIAN

Pierre Cardo

Born 1949

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0105 OFFICER

Édouard Thomas Burgues de Missiessy

1756 - 1837

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0106 MUSIC

Bibi Rovère

1939 - 2007

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0107 PHYSICIAN

Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux

1802 - 1841

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0108 PSYCHIATRIST

Jean-Marie Abgrall

Born 1950

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0109 FOOTBALL

Bernard Simondi

Born 1953

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0110 DIPLOMAT

Suzanne Borel

1904 - 1995

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0111 PAINTER

Auguste Aiguier

1814 - 1865

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0112 LITERARY

Jean-Claude Lozac'hmeur

Born 1940

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0113 BASKET

Robert Busnel

1914 - 1991

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0114 LINGUIST

Robert Nicolaï

Born 1945

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0115 PAINTER

Barthélemy Lauvergne

1805 - 1871

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0116 OPERA

Jean Giraudeau

1916 - 1995

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0117 FILM

Denis Poncet

1948 - 2014

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0118 LINGUIST

Romain Garnier

Born 1976

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0119 ACTOR

Michel Bardinet

1931 - 2005

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0120 ART HISTORIAN

Michel Poivert

Born 1965

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0121 POLITICIAN

Louis Marie de Milet de Mureau

1751 - 1825

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0122 FENCER

Bernard Gravier

1881 - 1923

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0123 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste Abel

1863 - 1921

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0124 DIPLOMAT

Hervé Ladsous

Born 1950

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0125 MILITAR

Pierre Dunoyer de Segonzac

1906 - 1968

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0126 EXPLORER

Francis Barrallier

1773 - 1853

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0127 MUSIC

Pierre-Alain Goualch

Born 1973

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0128 ARTIST

Valéry Grancher

Born 1967

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0129 PLAYER

Grégory Le Corvec

Born 1977

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0130 PLAYER

Xavier Chiocci

Born 1990

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0131 PHYSICIST

Jean-François Joanny

Born 1956

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0132 POLITICIAN

Cécile Muschotti

Born 1987

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0133 LINGUIST

Alain Guillermou

1913 - 1998

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0134 POLITICIAN

Christiane Hummel

Born 1942

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0135 GUITAR

Raymond Boni

Born 1947

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0136 ACTOR

Lucien Arnaud

1897 - 1975

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0137 PAINTER

Paulin Bertrand

1852 - 1940

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0138 POET

Victor Chauvet

1788 - 1842

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0139 THEATRE

Jean-Claude Berutti

Born 1952

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0140 PHOTOGRAPHER

Paul Boyer (photographer)

1861 - 1952

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0141 COSTUME DESIGNER

Jean-Pierre Dorleac

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0142 ENGINEER

Charles Brun (France)

1821 - 1897

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0143 JOURNALIST

Jean-Baptiste Malet

Born 1987

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0144 PAINTER

José Mange

1866 - 1935

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0145 SPORT

Johnny Rives

Born 1936

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0146 ATHLETE

Carl Blasco

Born 1971

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0147 HISTORIAN

Michel Vergé-Franceschi

Born 1951

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0148 PLAYER

David Gérard

Born 1977

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0149 POET

Jean-Luc Pouliquen

Born 1954

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0150 WRITER

Étienne Pélabon

1745 - 1808

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0151 ARCHITECT

Marius Toudoire

1852 - 1922

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0152 FOOTBALL

Patrice Eyraud

Born 1967

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0153 PAINTER

Pierre Letuaire

1798 - 1885

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0154 EXPLORER

Lazare Picault

1700 - 1748

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0155 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Francis Hours

1921 - 1987

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0156 ACTOR

Fabien Fournier

Born 1982

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0157 PAINTER

Eugène Dauphin

1857 - 1930

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0158 WRITER

Luc Perino

Born 1947

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0159 POET

Charles Poncy

1821 - 1891

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0160 WRITER

Serge Livrozet

Born 1939

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0161 PHYSICIAN

Guy Charmot

1914 - 2019

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0162 POLITICIAN

Gabriel Tambon

1930 - 2015

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0163 MILITAR

Guy Deniélou

1923 - 2008

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0164 PLAYER

Sylvain Loosli

Born 1986

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0165 WRITER

Clément Desessard

1920 - 2003

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0166 ILLUSTRATOR

Véronique Boiry

Born 1948

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0167 BUSINESS

Dominique Senequier

Born 1953

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0168 PLAYER

Évelyne Terras

1944 - 2012

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0169 ARCHITECT

Gaudensi Allar

1841 - 1904

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0170 PAINTER

Octave Gallian

1855 - 1918

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0171 THEOLOGIAN

Jacques-Hyacinthe Serry

1659 - 1738

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0172 JOURNALIST

Jérôme Fenoglio

Born 1966

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0173 PLAYER

Virgile Bruni

Born 1989

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0174 POLITICIAN

Jean Terlier

Born 1977

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0175 SCULPTOR

Bernard Turreau

1672 - 1731

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0176 JOURNALIST

Régis Le Sommier

Born 1969

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0177 NAVY

André Jubelin

1906 - 1986

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0178 ACTOR

Fred Bianconi

Born 1966

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0179 MILITAR

Pierre-Gustave Roze

1812 - 1883

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0180 POLITICIAN

Edwige Antier

Born 1942

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0181 FOOTBALL

David Gomis

Born 1992

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0182 NOBLE

Didier de Saint-Jaille

Died 1536

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0183 ACTOR

Mireille Mossé

1958 - 2017

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0184 POLITICIAN

René Besse

1891 - 1947

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0185 PAINTER

André Filippi

1902 - 1962

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0186 PAINTER

Gustave Garaud

1844 - 1914

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0187 WRITER

Janine Teisson

Born 1948

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0188 POET

Frédéric Amouretti

1863 - 1903

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0189 RUGBY

Jérôme Gallion

Born 1954

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0190 SINGER

A.-M. Julien

1903 - 2001

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0191 FOOTBALL

Thibault Scotto

Born 1978

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0192 PIANIST

Carine Bonnefoy

Born 1974

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0193 POLITICIAN

Charles Pierre de Lamer

1753 - 1812

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0194 PLAYER

Laurent Emmanuelli

Born 1976

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0195 PLAYER

Florian Lacassie

Born 1990

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0196 TRAFIQUANT DE DROGUE

Laurent Fiocconi

Born 1941

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0197 PHYSICIAN

Philippe Maupas

1939 - 1981

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0198 PAINTER

Eugène Baboulène

1905 - 1994

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0199 SCULPTOR

Louis-Joseph Daumas

1801 - 1887

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0200 PSYCHOANALYST

Elsa Godart

Born 1978

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0201 LYRICIST

Émile Audiffred

1894 - 1948

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0202 AUTHOR

Théodore Ortolan

1808 - 1874

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0203 CRÉATEUR

Pascal Urien

Born 1957

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0204 HANDBALL

Christine Vanparys-Torres

Born 1978

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0205 WRITER

Gaël Tchakaloff

Born 1971

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0206 ART HISTORIAN

François Loyer

Born 1941

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0207 SPORT

Julien Gonnet

Born 1981

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0208 ACTOR

Élisabeth Buffet

Born 1965

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0209 POET

Claire Karm

Born 1958

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0210 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Guillaume Bianco

Born 1976

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0211 JOURNALIST

Xavière Gauthier

Born 1942

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0212 TRANSLATOR

Jacques Tournier

1922 - 2019

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0213 ACTOR

Emmanuel Guttierez

Born 1970

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0214 FOOTBALL

Benoît Maurice

Born 1971

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0215 PAINTER

François Puget

1651 - 1707

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0216 POLITICIAN

Démosthène Ollivier

1799 - 1884

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0217 PAINTER

Jean-Pierre Le Boul'ch

1940 - 2001

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0218 FILM

Stéphane Giusti

Born 1964

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0219 STORYTELLER

Bruno de La Salle

Born 1943

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0220 FOOTBALL

Christophe Maraninchi

Born 1983

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0221 POLITICIAN

Olivier de Chazeaux

Born 1961

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0222 FOOTBALL

Cyril Cassese

Born 1972

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0223 PAINTER

François de Marliave

1874 - 1953

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0224 SCULPTOR

Louis Baralis

1862 - 1940

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0225 LAWYER

Christine Maugüé

Born 1963

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0226 SINGER

Maxime Piolot

Born 1949

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0227 ACTOR

Fanny Herrero

Born 1974

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0228 POET

Lucien Giraudo

Born 1957

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0229 WRITER

Michel Sicard

Born 1950

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0230 POET

Henri Espieux

1923 - 1971

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0231 ENGRAVER

Jean Nicolas Laugier

1785 - 1875

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0232 AEROSPACE

Guy du Merle

1908 - 1993

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0233 JOURNALIST

Casimir Bouis

1843 - 1916

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0234 PLAYER

Anthony Giacobazzi

Born 1988

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0235 PHOTOGRAPHER

Cerise Doucède

Born 1987

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0236 POLITICIAN

Eugène Le Moignic

1875 - 1947

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0237 FOOTBALL

Didier Danio

Born 1962

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0238 FILM

Louis-Julien Petit

Born 1983

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0239 POET

André Martel

1893 - 1976

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0240 WRITER

Jean Canolle

1919 - 2009

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0241 POLITICIAN

Michel Zunino

1889 - 1958

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0242 POLITICIAN

Bertrand Dutheil de La Rochère

Born 1946

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0243 MOUNTAINEER

François Labande

Born 1941

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0244 ESSAYIST

Jacques Poujol

1922 - 2012

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0245 PAINTER

Pierre Gatier

1878 - 1944

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0246 ACTOR

Colette Mareuil

1914 - 1991

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0247 VICAR

Joseph Félix Blanc

1872 - 1962

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0248 WRITER

Micheline Maurel

1916 - 2009

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0249 SINGER

Joseph Tagliafico

1821 - 1900

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0250 ATHLETIC

Gian Marco Schivo

Born 1949

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0251 MUSIC

François Billard

Born 1948

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0252 ARTIST

Antoine Perrot

Born 1953

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0253 COMICS

Philippe Bonifay

Born 1959

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0254 PLAYER

Maud Galtier

1913 - 2014

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0255 PAINTER

Serge Plagnol

Born 1951

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0256 KITE

Manu Bertin

Born 1963

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0257 WRITER

Constant Améro

1832 - 1908

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0258 POET

Léon Vérane

1886 - 1954

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0259 POLITICIAN

Thierry Brac de La Perrière (homme politique) —

Born 1953

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0260 WRITER

Alban Orsini

Born 1980

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0261 JOURNALIST

Frank Arnal (militant LGBT)

1950 - 1993

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0262 DECORATOR

Gabriel Béchir

1927 - 2001

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0263 NAVY

Louis-Joseph Beaussier de l' Isle

1701 - 1765

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0264 WRITER

Philippe Sauve

Born 1974

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0265 BRIGADIER

Francisco Gautier

1733 - 1800

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0266 WRITER

Jean-Michel Thibaux

1949 - 2015

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0267 PUBLISHER

Louis Jourdan (éditeur)

1810 - 1881

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0268 HISTORIAN

Pierre Razoux

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0269 SINGER

Laurent Lenne

Born 1968

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0270 POLITICIAN

Léonce Rousset

1850 - 1938

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0271 PAINTER

Simon Julien

1735 - 1800

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0272 WRITER

Olivier Maurel (auteur)

Born 1937

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0273 POET

Gérard Augustin

1942 - 2012

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0274 FOOTBALL

Boris Bede

Born 1989

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0275 WRITER

Olivier Delcroix

Born 1967

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0276 PAINTER

Fernande Cormier

1888 - 1964

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0277 PAINTER

Jean Pezous

1815 - 1885

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0278 BUREAUCRAT

Dominique Ristori

Born 1952

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0279 PLAYER

Bertrand Carletti

Born 1982

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0280 HISTORIAN

Jacques Guillerme

1927 - 1996

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0281 PAINTER

Iphigénie Decaux-Milet-Moreau

1778 - 1862

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0282 FILM

Jacques Mitsch

Born 1956

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0283 ARTIST

Marc Moreno

Born 1968

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0284 ADMINISTRATOR

Louis Joseph Bouge

1878 - 1960

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0285 PSYCHOANALYST

Eugénie Lemoine-Luccioni

1912 - 2005

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0286 ACTOR

Florence Brunet

1959 - 2008

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0287 MILITAR

Théophile Pennequin

1849 - 1916

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0288 PHYSICIST

Alexandre Favre

1911 - 2005

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0289 WRITER

Charles-Joseph Mayer

1751 - 1825

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0290 FILM

Hubert Knapp

1924 - 1995

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0291 SCULPTOR

Benoît Lucien Hercule

1848 - 1913

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0292 DIPLOMAT

Paul Dutasta

1873 - 1925

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0293 SOCIOLOGIST

Geneviève Poujol

Born 1930

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0294 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Serge Fino

Born 1959

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0295 PLAYER

Théo Belan

Born 1992

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0296 MONK

Alain Richard (franciscain)

Born 1925

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0297 LAWYER

Marc Antoine de Granet

1741 - 1808

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0298 PRODUCER

Évelyne Adam

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0299 ARCHER

Aurore Trayan

Born 1980

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0300 ATHLETIC

Johanna Geyer-Carles

Born 1995

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