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 106 of 1,459 notable people

0005 ECONOMIST

Bernard Maris

1946 - 2015

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0007 POLITICIAN

Jean-Louis Debré

Born 1944

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0019 ACTOR

Ticky Holgado

1944 - 2004

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0020 PHILOSOPHER

Daniel Bensaïd

1946 - 2010

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0022 COMICS

Philippe Druillet

Born 1944

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0029 ACTOR

Josée Dayan

Born 1947

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0033 POLITICIAN

Jean-Michel Baylet

Born 1946

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0049 PHILOSOPHER

Pierre Manent

Born 1949

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0078 POLITICIAN

Bernard Debré

1944 - 2020

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0082 ECONOMIST

Jean-Jacques Laffont

1947 - 2004

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0096 FOOTBALL

Jean Petit (footballer, born 1949)

Born 1949

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0097 PHILOSOPHER

Pierre A. Riffard

Born 1946

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0120 MUSIC

Gérard Caussé

Born 1948

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0166 MUSIC

Jean-François Jenny-Clark

1944 - 1998

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0175 PLAYER

Jo Maso

Born 1944

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0177 POLITICIAN

Henri Cuq

1942 - 2010

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0206 ACTOR

Jacques Dorfmann (producteur)

Born 1945

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0207 LINGUIST

François Rastier

Born 1945

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0225 POLITICIAN

Jean-Marie Demange

1943 - 2008

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0237 POLITICIAN

Jacques Godfrain

Born 1943

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0243 PAINTER

Roland Sabatier

Born 1942

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0246 SINGER

Ringo (singer)

Born 1947

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0265 MATHEMATICIAN

Nicole Berline

Born 1944

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0288 ARTIST

Jean-Yves Mitton

Born 1945

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0292 WRITER

Olga Lucas

Born 1947

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0299 HARPIST

Annie Challan

Born 1940

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0300 PROFESSEUR

Gérard Blaize

Born 1946

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0302 PHOTOGRAPHER

Claude Nori

Born 1949

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0319 POLITICIAN

Jean-Paul Gauzès

Born 1947

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0331 ACTOR

Yves-Marie Maurin

1944 - 2009

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0341 ACTOR

Dominique Collignon-Maurin

Born 1949

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0365 SINGER

Claude Sicre

Born 1949

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0377 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Plancade

Born 1949

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0400 ENGINEER

Louis Castex

Born 1946

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0401 ACADEMIC

Robert Marconis

Born 1945

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0415 PLAYER

Richard Astre

Born 1948

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0432 WRITER

Jacques-Arnaud Penent

1943 - 1994

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0433 WRITER

Michel Cazenave

1942 - 2018

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0469 ACTOR

Roger Souza

Born 1942

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0470 POLITICIAN

Michel Pélieu

Born 1946

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0485 COMPOSER

Gérard Salesses

Born 1949

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0498 JOURNALIST

François Debré

1942 - 2020

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0500 SPRINT

Gabrielle Meyer

1947 - 2018

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0503 POLITICIAN

Odette Terrade

Born 1949

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0508 ACTOR

Jean-Pierre Maurin

1941 - 1996

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0523 SEXOLOGIST

Jacques Waynberg

Born 1941

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0527 MILITANT

Henri Maler

Born 1946

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0536 GEOGRAPHER

Joël Bonnemaison

1940 - 1997

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0538 FILM

Jacek Fuksiewicz

Born 1941

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0594 SOCIOLOGIST

Christine Fauré

Born 1946

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0601 FILM

Sylvina Boissonnas

Born 1942

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0610 SINGER

Mike Shannon

Born 1945

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0632 ACTOR

Marie-Claude Treilhou

Born 1948

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0645 ECOLOGIST

Joëlle Kauffmann

Born 1943

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0664 TENNIS

Christian Bîmes

Born 1947

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0682 POLITICIAN

Armonia Bordes

Born 1945

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0688 POLITICIAN

Jacky Deromedi

Born 1944

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0703 ACTOR

Jules Celma

Born 1948

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0706 PAINTER

Michel Batlle

Born 1946

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0707 PAINTER

Alain Satié

1944 - 2011

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0709 WRITER

Michèle Teysseyre

Born 1949

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0717 CIVIL SERVICE

Jean-Pierre Laflaquière

Born 1947

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0723 WRITER

Michel Steiner

Born 1946

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0740 JOURNALIST

Didier Adès

Born 1944

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0746 DIPLOMAT

Jean-Claude Cousseran

Born 1944

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0750 AUTHOR

Pierre Guilmard

Born 1945

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0756 SINGER

Pierre Selos

Born 1940

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0758 PHILOSOPHER

Jean-Pierre Séris

1941 - 1994

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0767 SINGER

Daniel Seff

Born 1949

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0795 ACTOR

France Arnel

Born 1942

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0803 JOURNALIST

Christian Sarramon

Born 1942

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0829 PAINTER

Piotr Barsony

Born 1948

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0836 RACER

Serge Bacou

Born 1947

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0837 FOOTBALL

Jean-Claude Blanchard

Born 1943

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0848 ARCHIVIST

Jean-François Le Nail

Born 1945

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0856 POLITICIAN

Charles Pistre

Born 1941

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0858 DRIVER

Xavier Lapeyre

Born 1942

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0864 POLITICIAN

Gérard Roujas

Born 1943

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0885 JOURNALIST

Jean-Marcel Bouguereau

Born 1946

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0893 WRITER

Michel-Julien Naudy

Born 1944

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0948 PLAYER

Roger Bourgarel

Born 1947

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0955 NOVELIST

Bernard Bacquié

Born 1945

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0985 ACADEMIC

Danielle Corbin

1946 - 2000

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0994 POLITICIAN

Yvette Benayoun-Nakache

Born 1946

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1006 FONCTIONNAIRE

François Perret

Born 1948

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1028 FOOTBALL

Henri Ribul

Born 1941

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1033 ENGINEER

Bernard Raspaud

Born 1942

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1035 JOURNALIST

Louis Mesplé

Born 1949

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1066 PLAYER

Jean-René Bouscatel

Born 1946

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1070 BIOLOGIST

Jacques Pouysségur

Born 1943

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1091 POLITICIAN

Jean Albouy

Born 1943

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1110 LAWYER

Jacques Lévy (avocat)

Born 1945

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1136 PLAYER

Michel Sitjar

1942 - 2019

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1157 SPORT

Michel Lescure

1944 - 2014

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1225 ACTOR

Jean-Pierre Armand (metteur en scène)

Born 1946

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1232 ARTIST

Jacques Cadet

Born 1941

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1259 JOURNALIST

Claude Guilhem

Born 1946

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1304 GYMNAST

Christian Guiffroy

Born 1941

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1306 POLITICIAN

Robert Loïdi

Born 1948

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1315 PRÉFET

Pierre Baraton

1940 - 2008

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1345 JOURNALIST

Bernard Pratviel

1945 - 2010

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1346 WRITER

Louis Timbal-Duclaux

Born 1941

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1349 PLAYER

Claude Labatut

Born 1942

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1383 PAINTER

Jean-François Savornin

Born 1943

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1396 ENGINEER

Jean-Claude Hironde

Born 1944

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1409 PLAYER

Roger Garrigue

Born 1941

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