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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Toulouse during each.

What Toulouse Is Known For

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Politician is Toulouse's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (179).

Toulouse over-indexes on player5.3× the global rate.

Toulouse under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Politician179
  2. Player152
  3. Football89
  4. Painter68
  5. Actor58
  6. Writer54
  7. Journalist36
  8. Sculptor35
  1. Player1525.3×
  2. Sculptor353.7×
  3. Artist332.2×
  4. Painter681.8×
  5. Physician171.7×
  6. Poet251.6×
  7. Journalist361.6×
  1. Football890.6×

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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Showing 42 of 1,459 notable people

0028 WRITER

Raymond Abellio

1907 - 1986

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0130 ARCHITECT

André Arbus

1903 - 1969

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0161 SOCIOLOGIST

Louis Gardet

1904 - 1986

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0209 PAINTER

Marc Saint-Saëns

1903 - 1979

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0228 SCREENWRITER

Marcelle Maurette

1909 - 1972

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0324 ACADEMIC

Jean Nougayrol

1900 - 1975

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0359 ACTOR

Pierre Nougaro

1904 - 1988

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0438 PHYSICIAN

Marcel Sendrail

1900 - 1976

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0439 PLAYER

Alexandre Bioussa

1901 - 1966

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0445 AVIATOR

Émile Barrière

1902 - 1936

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0475 TRUMPET

Raymond Sabarich

1909 - 1966

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0690 SINGER

Pierre Savignol

1903 - 1990

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0696 ACTOR

Jean Marconi

1906 - 1971

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0712 LAWYER

Pierre de Gorsse

1903 - 1984

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0719 ACTOR

René Alié

1902 - 1992

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0727 PAINTER

Georges Guiraud (graveur)

1901 - 1989

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0736 POET

René Laporte

1905 - 1954

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0752 PAINTER

Jacques Derrey

1907 - 1975

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0782 BOTANIST

Fernande Flous

Born 1908

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0789 MEDALLIST

André Léon Galtié

1908 - 1998

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0812 WORKER

Jane Sivadon

1901 - 1995

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0815 PAINTER

Raoul Bergougnan

1900 - 1982

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0873 SWIMMER

Christian Talli

1907 - 2005

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0876 GEOLOGIST

Louis Neltner

1903 - 1985

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0920 PAINTER

André Regagnon

1902 - 1976

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1124 ART DIRECTOR

Jean-Paul Guiter

Born 1905

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1142 OFFICIER

Louis Pélissier

1901 - 1944

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1218 ADMINISTRATOR

Ernest De Nattes

Born 1908

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1228 PLAYER

André Camel

1905 - 1980

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1231 OFFICIER

Paul Hébrard

1901 - 1980

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1234 PLAYER

Marcel Camel

1903 - 1976

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1242 MILITAR

Gabriel Branier

1904 - 1942

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1247 POLITICIAN

Paul Vignaux (homme politique)

1901 - 1983

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1273 POLITICIAN

Henri Lacaze (homme politique)

1908 - 1990

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1284 PLAYER

Robert Samatan

1909 - 1986

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1311 POLITICIAN

Pierre Prévost (homme politique)

1901 - 1990

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1319 POLITICIAN

Cyprien Calmel

1903 - 1985

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1343 MILITAR

Raymond Cambefort

1900 - 2008

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1369 SCULPTOR

Joseph Monin (sculpteur)

1903 - 2000

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1394 PLAYER

Antonin Barbazanges

1907 - 1994

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1425 SINGER

Frédéric Falba

1908 - 1936

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1433 PLAYER

Léopold Fabre

1907 - 1987

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