43.6044° N, 1.4439° E
TOULOUSE
Most Famous People Born in Toulouse, France
- Notable people
- 1,459
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1932
- Most distinctive
- Player 5.3×
An Occitan capital whose modern shelf is thick with rugby players and whose studios supplied the Midi with sculptors and painters. Toulouse's distinctive professions are rugby players (registered simply as 'player'), sculptors, artists, and painters, with a steady seam of physicians and poets beneath — a profile unique to this corner of the Midi. Raymond IV led the First Crusade from here, and the city has produced roughly one ballad singer per decade since Claude Nougaro.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Toulouse during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Toulouse Is Known For
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Politician is Toulouse's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (179).
Toulouse over-indexes on player — 5.3× the global rate.
Toulouse under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Toulouse's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Blaise Matuidi
Born 1987
Bernard Werber
Born 1961
Philippe Mexès
Born 1982
Claude Nougaro
1929 - 2004
Bernard Maris
1946 - 2015
Hubertus
655 - 727
Jean-Louis Debré
Born 1944
Jean Dausset
1916 - 2009
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse
1045 - 1105
Jain (singer)
Born 1992
Laurent Terzieff
1935 - 2010
Gaël Clichy
Born 1985
Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol
1772 - 1840
Pierre Gamarra
1919 - 2009
Louis Aliot
Born 1969
Frédéric Michalak
Born 1982
Louis II of Naples
1377 - 1417
Edmund Dulac
1882 - 1953
Ticky Holgado
1944 - 2004
Daniel Bensaïd
1946 - 2010
Liassine Cadamuro
Born 1988
Philippe Druillet
Born 1944
Marine Delterme
Born 1970
Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin
1860 - 1943
Daniel Bravo
Born 1963
Jean-Pierre Rives
Born 1952
Nagui
Born 1961
Raymond Abellio
1907 - 1986
Josée Dayan
Born 1947
Gérard Barray
Born 1931
Joseph de Villèle
1773 - 1854
Alexandre Falguière
1831 - 1900
Jean-Michel Baylet
Born 1946
William X, Duke of Aquitaine
1099 - 1137
Jean-Christophe Péraud
Born 1977
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro
Born 1992
Mehdi Nafti
Born 1978
Mady Mesplé
1931 - 2020
François de Troy
1645 - 1730
Antonin Mercié
1845 - 1916
Fabien Pelous
Born 1973
Laurent Wolf
Born 1971
Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
1750 - 1819
Jacques Cujas
1522 - 1590
Cheikh M'Bengue
Born 1988
Tristan Garcia
Born 1981
Édouard Debat-Ponsan
1847 - 1913
Jean Brunhes
1869 - 1930
Pierre Manent
Born 1949
Jane Dieulafoy
1851 - 1916
Catherine Tanvier
Born 1965
Peire Vidal
1140 - 1205
Christine Albanel
Born 1955
Roger Brunet
Born 1931
Jean-Paul Dubois
Born 1950
Paul Groussac
1848 - 1929
Georges de Caunes
1919 - 2004
Frank Giroud
1956 - 2018
Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray
1838 - 1901
Henri Büsser
1872 - 1973
Bruno Aveillan
Born 1968
Benoist Apparu
Born 1969
Jean-Luc Moudenc
Born 1960
Dennis Appiah
Born 1992
José Cabanis
1922 - 2000
Nicolas Seube
Born 1979
Paul Vidal
1863 - 1931
Carole Delga
Born 1971
François Maynard
1582 - 1646
Paul Georges Dieulafoy
1839 - 1911
Sébastien Roch (singer)
Born 1972
Maguy Marin
Born 1951
Anselme Bellegarrigue
1813 - 1890
Mathieu Peybernes
Born 1990
Jean-Marc Bustamante
Born 1952
Simon de la Loubère
1642 - 1729
Laurent Marqueste
1848 - 1920
Bernard Debré
1944 - 2020
Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
Born 1981
Antoine Crozat
1655 - 1738
Bertrand Chamayou
Born 1981
Jean-Jacques Laffont
1947 - 2004
Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse
1744 - 1818
Astier Nicolas
Born 1989
Issa Diop (footballer)
Born 1997
Guy Novès
Born 1954
Bernard Brunhes
1867 - 1910
Maxime Médard
Born 1986
Julien Courbey
Born 1976
Jules Léotard
1838 - 1870
Pierre Crozat
1661 - 1740
Pèire Godolin
1580 - 1649
Joseph Barthélemy
1874 - 1945
Louis Léger
1843 - 1923
David Skrela
Born 1979
Jean Petit (footballer, born 1949)
Born 1949
Pierre A. Riffard
Born 1946
Xavier Garbajosa
Born 1976
Jean Galbert de Campistron
1656 - 1723
Daniel Sorano
1920 - 1962
Jennifer Lauret
Born 1980
Henri, Duke of Joyeuse
1563 - 1608
Aimeric de Peguilhan
1175 - 1228
Christophe Mandanne
Born 1985
Victor Capoul
1839 - 1924
Marina Ginestà
1919 - 2014
Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro
Born 1985
Cédric Fauré
Born 1979
Justin de Selves
1848 - 1934
Anne-Sophie Barthet
Born 1988
Jean-Marc Doussain
Born 1991
Alain Carpentier
Born 1933
Gaëlle Skrela
Born 1983
Daniel Congré
Born 1985
Raymond of Poitiers
1099 - 1149
Fabien Audard
Born 1978
Miss Van
Born 1973
Frédéric Moncassin
Born 1968
Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy
1844 - 1920
Gérard Caussé
Born 1948
Jean Schneitzhoeffer
1785 - 1852
Émilie de Villeneuve
1811 - 1854
Henry Russell (explorer)
1834 - 1909
Alexandre Jany
1929 - 2001
Marcus Antonius Primus
40 - 100
David Jemmali
Born 1974
Jordan Adéoti
Born 1989
Pierre Batiffol
1861 - 1929
Alexandre Bida
1813 - 1895
André Arbus
1903 - 1969
Janine Micheau
1914 - 1976
Charles Chaynes
1925 - 2016
Jean-Marie Massaud
Born 1966
Sophie Barthes
Born 1974
Léa Fehner
Born 1981
Géori Boué
1918 - 2017
André Maranne
1926 - 1992
Virginie Desarnauts
Born 1974
Jean-Antoine Verdier
1767 - 1839
Jean de Monluc
1502 - 1579
Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix
1718 - 1802
Kelvin Amian
Born 1998
Guy Gnabouyou
Born 1989
Dorothée Gilbert
Born 1983
Jacques Duby
1922 - 2012
Louis de Froment
1921 - 1994
Julien Loubet
Born 1985
Jimmy Algerino
Born 1971
Maurice Magre
1877 - 1941
Jean Cruppi
1855 - 1933
Frédéric Luz
Born 1964
Léon Jaussely
1875 - 1932
Antoine de Ville (ingénieur)
1596 - 1656
Sandy Vee
Born 1975
Albert d'Amade
1856 - 1941
Pierre-Marie-François Baour-Lormian
1770 - 1854
André de Lorde
1869 - 1942
Madeleine Malraux
1914 - 2014
Jean-Jacques Germain Pelet-Clozeau
1777 - 1858
Mike Di Meglio
Born 1988
Louis Gardet
1904 - 1986
Jean-Pierre Mader
Born 1955
Henri Filhol
1843 - 1902
Simon Gauzy
Born 1994
Guy Du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac
1529 - 1584
Jean-François Jenny-Clark
1944 - 1998
Guillaume de La Perrière
1503 - 1565
Frédéric Talgorn
Born 1961
Tony Valente
Born 1984
Joseph de Marliave
1873 - 1914
Sofiane Oumiha
Born 1994
Georges Lévis
1924 - 1988
Sophie Lefèvre
Born 1981
Cédric Hountondji
Born 1994
Jo Maso
Born 1944
Jean-Claude Dunyach
Born 1957
Henri Cuq
1942 - 2010
Serge Pey
Born 1950
Charles Marie Louis Joseph Sarrabezolles
1888 - 1971
Joan, Countess of Toulouse
1220 - 1271
Louis Paul Abeille
1719 - 1807
Gabriel Xavier Paul Koenigs
1858 - 1931
Lucien Baroux
1888 - 1968
Xavier Darasse
1934 - 1992
Antoine de Paule
1551 - 1636
Elise Larnicol
Born 1968
Marie Dompnier
Born 1980
Alfred Sirven
1927 - 2005
Mondkopf
Born 1986
Gaston Jèze
1869 - 1953
Rémi Fraisse
1993 - 2014
Francisco de Paula de Borbón y Castellví
1853 - 1942
Nicolas Durand
Born 1982
Philippe Uchan
Born 1962
Pierre-Barthélemy Gheusi
1865 - 1943
Antonin Idrac
1849 - 1884
Auguste Molinier
1851 - 1904
Thomas Ayasse
Born 1987
Prosper Sainton
1813 - 1890
Emmanuel Maignan
1601 - 1676
Jean Puget de la Serre
1594 - 1665
Raymond Borde
1920 - 2004
William of Septimania
826 - 850
Jean-Luc Reichmann
Born 1960
Henri Verdier
Born 1968
Jacques Dorfmann (producteur)
Born 1945
François Rastier
Born 1945
Jean Doujat
1609 - 1688
Marc Saint-Saëns
1903 - 1979
Guillaume-Joseph Roques
1757 - 1847
Antoine Rivalz
1667 - 1735
Pierre-Georges Castex
1915 - 1995
Anthony Perez (cyclist)
Born 1991
Jacques Salomé
Born 1935
Guillaume-Isidore Baron de Montbel
1787 - 1861
Henri-François Rey
1919 - 1987
Charles Dugua
1744 - 1802
Gaston Salvayre
1847 - 1916
Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouart
1708 - 1777
Pedro Gailhard
1848 - 1918
Jacques Mathieu Delpech
1777 - 1832
André Baugé
1893 - 1966
Silvia Balletti
1701 - 1758
Philippe Askenazy
Born 1971
Jean-Marie Demange
1943 - 2008
Émilie Bigottini
1784 - 1858
Jean-Philippe Lafont
Born 1951
Marcelle Maurette
1909 - 1972
Art Mengo
Born 1961
Sofyane Cherfa
Born 1984
Yannick Souvré
Born 1969
Jean-Jacques Lafon
Born 1955
Don Choa
Born 1974
Jean-François Cailhava
1731 - 1813
Brigitte Barèges
Born 1953
Dadoo
Born 1976
Jacques Godfrain
Born 1943
Marguerite Canal
1890 - 1978
Pierre Jodlowski
Born 1971
Walid Cherfa
Born 1986
Paul Gervais (painter)
1859 - 1944
Victor Ségoffin
1867 - 1925
Roland Sabatier
Born 1942
Andrée Vaurabourg
1894 - 1980
Adam Laloum
Born 1987
Ringo (singer)
Born 1947
Bertrand de Molleville
1744 - 1818
Wilfried Niflore
Born 1981
Dominique Anel
1679 - 1730
Dominique Martin Dupuy
1767 - 1798
Hugo Bonneval
Born 1990
Louis Icart
1888 - 1950
Édouard Harlé
1850 - 1922
William Didier-Pouget
1864 - 1959
Laurent Recouderc
Born 1984
Vincent Malone
Born 1958
Olivier Pla
Born 1981
Hugo Gaston
Born 2000
Camille Razat
Born 1993
Jean-Paul Garraud
Born 1956
Mac Kac
1920 - 1987
Alain Merchadier
Born 1952
Louis Deffès
1819 - 1900
Jacques de Tourreil
1656 - 1714
Nicole Berline
Born 1944
Nérée Boubée
1806 - 1862
Henriot (caricaturist)
1857 - 1933
Aymé Kunc
1877 - 1958
Éric Valette
Born 1967
Guillaume de Puylaurens
1200 - 1272
Pauline Ester
Born 1963
Jean-Marie-Joseph Ingres
1754 - 1814
Charles Higounet
1911 - 1988
Guillaume Anelier
1276 - 1291
Gilles Cistac
1961 - 2015
Rodrigue Dikaba
Born 1985
Paul Louis Amans Dop
1876 - 1954
Ange de Saint Joseph
1636 - 1697
France Dougnac
1951 - 2018
Denis Saurat
1890 - 1958
Maurice Larrouy
Born 1872
Georges Lamirand
1899 - 1994
Maurice Bouval
1863 - 1916
Arnaud du Ferrier
1508 - 1585
Raymond Foulché-Delbosc
1864 - 1929
Robert Mauzi
1927 - 2006
Olivier Alary
Born 1975
Jean-Yves Mitton
Born 1945
Christophe Deylaud
Born 1964
François Roguet
1770 - 1846
Nancy Peña
Born 1979
Olga Lucas
Born 1947
Jean-Pascal Lacoste
Born 1978
Pascal Despeyroux
Born 1965
Sonia Sarfati
Born 1960
Dynam-Victor Fumet
1867 - 1949
Jean-François Montauriol
Born 1983
Antoine Cartier d'Aure
1799 - 1863
Annie Challan
Born 1940
Gérard Blaize
Born 1946