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.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Music
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1800s Clear ×
Nérée Boubée
1806 - 1862
François Louis Isidore Valleix
1807 - 1855
Édouard Dulaurier
1807 - 1881
Urbain Vitry
1802 - 1863
Jean-Baptiste Auriol
1806 - 1881
Hippolyte Prévost
1808 - 1873
Eugène Cortambert
1805 - 1881
Adolphe Choquart
1800 - 1859
Louis Vestrepain
1809 - 1865
Charles Adolphe Bonnegrace
1808 - 1882
Louis-Anne Dubreil
1808 - 1880
Urbain Maguès
1807 - 1876
Bernard Mulé
1803 - 1888
Eugène-Anne-Adolphe de Boyer de Castanet de Tauri
1801 - 1863
Jean-Baptiste Faseuille
1802 - 1854