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 64 of 1,459 notable people

0004 SINGER

Claude Nougaro

1929 - 2004

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0065 WRITER

José Cabanis

1922 - 2000

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0100 ACTOR

Daniel Sorano

1920 - 1962

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0124 POLO

Alexandre Jany

1929 - 2001

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0132 COMPOSER

Charles Chaynes

1925 - 2016

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0137 ACTOR

André Maranne

1926 - 1992

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0145 ACTOR

Jacques Duby

1922 - 2012

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0146 CONDUCTOR

Louis de Froment

1921 - 1994

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0172 COMIC

Georges Lévis

1924 - 1988

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0188 BUSINESS

Alfred Sirven

1927 - 2005

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0202 FILM

Raymond Borde

1920 - 2004

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0261 DRUMMER

Mac Kac

1920 - 1987

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0286 ACADEMIC

Robert Mauzi

1927 - 2006

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0301 PAINTER

Mady de La Giraudière

1922 - 2018

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0342 PAINTER

Christian d'Orgeix

1927 - 2019

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0354 WRITER

Jacques Allières

1929 - 2000

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0375 PAINTER

Jean Vincent de Crozals

1922 - 2009

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0424 TRADE UNION

Georges Séguy

1927 - 2016

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0437 PAINTER

Renée Aspe

1922 - 1969

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0440 THEATRE

Jacques Polieri

1928 - 2011

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0442 ACTOR

Gilbert Bokanowski

1920 - 1975

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0458 TEST PILOT

Jean Pinet

Born 1929

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0505 ATHLETIC

Georges Damitio

1924 - 1994

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0506 OFFICER

Déodat du Puy-Montbrun

1920 - 2009

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0531 MUSIC

Emil Kamilarow

1928 - 2007

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0571 ACTOR

Jean Bousquet (acteur)

1923 - 1996

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0573 GANG

Jacky Imbert

1929 - 2019

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0583 SPORT

Jean Rey (cyclist)

1925 - 1950

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0599 ACTOR

Maurice Sarrazin

Born 1925

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0620 SINGER

Lucienne Jourfier

1923 - 2017

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0626 PLAYER

Jean Dop

1924 - 2003

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0633 JOURNALIST

Claude Fayard

Born 1925

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0635 JOURNALIST

Robert Arnaut

1929 - 2013

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0642 PLAYER

Pierre Danos

Born 1929

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0686 PRIEST

Jacques de Saint-Blanquat

Born 1925

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0687 ACTOR

Georges Vaur

1920 - 2010

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0691 CIVIL SERVANT

Robert Miguet

1929 - 2019

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0775 PRIEST

Jacques Despierre

Born 1928

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0800 CURATOR

Pierre Salies

1922 - 2002

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0804 ARCHITECT

Louis de Hoÿm de Marien

1920 - 2007

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0822 ART HISTORIAN

Jean Coural

1925 - 2001

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0855 ARTIST

François Bel (dessinateur)

1927 - 2009

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0860 HISPANIST

Robert Marrast

1928 - 2015

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0865 SPRINT

Marcelle Gabarrus

Born 1929

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0870 CURATOR

Maurice Prin

1928 - 2019

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0882 PROFESSOR

Yves Laporte

1920 - 2012

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0883 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Georges Fouet

1922 - 1993

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0898 ARTISTE

Guy Texidor

1924 - 2018

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0919 ARTIST

Pierdec

1920 - 2006

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0927 PRIEST

Jean Dardel

1920 - 2005

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0937 FILM

Louis Félix

1920 - 2013

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0980 FOOTBALL

Jean Thomas (football)

1929 - 2018

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1004 JAZZ

Claude Guilhot

1928 - 1990

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1007 HISTORIAN

Anne Denieul-Cormier

Born 1928

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1015 PLAYER

Yves Bergougnan

1924 - 2006

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1108 PHYSICIAN

Louis Andral

1921 - 2004

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1128 POLITICIAN

Pierre Tajan

1928 - 1984

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1156 PAINTER

Lucien Vieillard

Born 1923

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1209 PAINTER

Anne-Marie Caffort Ernst

1927 - 2014

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1248 JOURNALIST

Raoul Lambert (écrivain)

1925 - 1994

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1258 PAINTER

Pierre Igon

1922 - 2006

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1262 PLAYER

René Biénès

1923 - 2009

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1277 POLITICIAN

Georges Delpech

1922 - 1989

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1282 PHOTOGRAPHER

Henry Calbabian

1926 - 2011

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