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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Jane Dieulafoy
1851 - 1916
Jean Cruppi
1855 - 1933
Albert d'Amade
1856 - 1941
Gabriel Xavier Paul Koenigs
1858 - 1931
Francisco de Paula de Borbón y Castellví
1853 - 1942
Auguste Molinier
1851 - 1904
Paul Gervais (painter)
1859 - 1944
Édouard Harlé
1850 - 1922
Henriot (caricaturist)
1857 - 1933
Georges Thiébaud
1850 - 1915
Gaston de Latenay
1859 - 1943
Jeanne Marni
1854 - 1910
Jules Jacques Labatut
1851 - 1935
Théodore Rivière
1857 - 1912
Ernest Jacques Barbot
1855 - 1915
Pierre Esquié
1853 - 1933
Gabriel Darrieus
1859 - 1931
Henri Rachou
1855 - 1944
Joseph Vidal (composer)
1859 - 1924
Robert Degouy
1852 - 1942
Henri Lespinasse de Saune
1850 - 1929
Auguste Arnauné
1855 - 1927
Auguste Auglay
1853 - 1925
Pierre Bacquié-Fonade
1854 - 1910
Félix de Lapersonne
1853 - 1937
Honoré Leygue
1856 - 1940
Henri Duméril
1855 - 1942
Alexandre Laporte
1850 - 1904
Eugène Peres
1858 - 1939
Émile Thoulouse
1859 - 1929
Louis Guibal
1859 - 1941
Louis Vieu
1854 - 1931
Roger de Monts
1850 - 1914
Paul Degouy
1856 - 1929