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 99 of 1,459 notable people

0026 RUGBY

Jean-Pierre Rives

Born 1952

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0053 POLITICIAN

Christine Albanel

Born 1955

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0055 WRITER

Jean-Paul Dubois

Born 1950

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0058 COMICS

Frank Giroud

1956 - 2018

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0072 CHOREOGRAPHER

Maguy Marin

Born 1951

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0075 PHOTOGRAPHER

Jean-Marc Bustamante

Born 1952

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0086 PLAYER

Guy Novès

Born 1954

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0162 SINGER

Jean-Pierre Mader

Born 1955

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0176 WRITER

Jean-Claude Dunyach

Born 1957

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0178 CHOREOGRAPHER

Serge Pey

Born 1950

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0227 OPERA

Jean-Philippe Lafont

Born 1951

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0232 SINGER

Jean-Jacques Lafon

Born 1955

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0235 POLITICIAN

Brigitte Barèges

Born 1953

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0256 SINGER

Vincent Malone

Born 1958

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0260 POLITICIAN

Jean-Paul Garraud

Born 1956

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0262 FOOTBALL

Alain Merchadier

Born 1952

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0279 ACTOR

France Dougnac

1951 - 2018

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0304 POLITICIAN

Christine de Veyrac

Born 1959

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0349 ARTIST

Simon Raab

Born 1952

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0371 DIPLOMAT

Philippe Faure (diplomate)

Born 1950

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0386 INVENTOR

Yves Marre

Born 1951

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0397 POLITICIAN

Martine Martinel

Born 1953

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0429 POLITICIAN

Pierre Cabaré

Born 1957

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0447 PAINTER

Michel De Caso

Born 1956

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0474 ACTOR

Jean-François Vlérick

Born 1957

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0487 JOURNALIST

Patrice Carmouze

Born 1951

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0490 FOOTBALL

Nicole Abar

Born 1959

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0497 SINGER

Christian Baciotti

Born 1950

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0517 PHILOSOPHER

Olivier Abel

Born 1953

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0520 JOURNALIST

Sylvain Augier

Born 1955

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0522 ART HISTORIAN

Sylvie Aubenas

Born 1959

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0532 FONCTIONNAIRE

Philippe Bélaval

Born 1955

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0546 SPRINT

Jacqueline Curtet

Born 1955

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0575 POLITICIAN

Philippe Bonnecarrère

Born 1955

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0585 COMEDIAN

Francis Ginibre

Born 1959

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0605 PHYSICIST

Michel Orrit

Born 1956

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0607 MATHEMATICIAN

Jean Bernard Lasserre

Born 1953

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0623 ARTIST

Serge Carrère

Born 1958

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0627 SINGER

Vicente Pradal

Born 1957

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0638 PAINTER

Michel Bez

1951 - 2018

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0647 PHILOSOPHER

Yves Floucat

Born 1950

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0661 POLITICIAN

Claude Raynal

Born 1957

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0667 WRITER

Richard Seff

Born 1952

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0668 POLITICIAN

Jean-Jacques Mirassou

Born 1952

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0677 POET

Patrick Quillier

Born 1953

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0683 FOOTBALL

Raymond Frey

Born 1952

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0716 NOVELIST

Alain Santacreu

Born 1950

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0726 SECRÉTAIRE

Serge Lasvignes

Born 1954

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0729 ATHLETIC

Hector Llatser

Born 1957

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0759 ROMANCIÈRE

Patricia Parry

1958 - 2013

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0768 MAGISTRAT

Bernard Borrel

1956 - 1995

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0770 ARCHIVIST

Isabelle Neuschwander

Born 1958

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0778 DESIGNER

Éric Schmitt

Born 1955

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0796 WRITER

Valérie Alma-Marie

Born 1959

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0811 PLAYER

Serge Lairle

Born 1956

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0825 JOURNALIST

Jean-Luc Roy

Born 1953

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0834 WRITER

Marc Bradfer

Born 1959

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0847 PLAYER

Christian Gajan

Born 1957

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0866 FOOTBALL

Jean-Pierre Laverny

Born 1958

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0877 POLITICIAN

Jocelyne Guidez

Born 1956

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0879 PRINTMAKER

Jacques Muron

Born 1950

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0889 PLAYER

Paul Torre

Born 1953

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0892 FOOTBALL

Jean-Marc Desrousseaux

Born 1956

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0913 JUMPER

Gilles Bertrán de Balanda

Born 1950

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0954 POET

Casimir Prat

Born 1955

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0959 POLITICIAN

Yolande Boyer

Born 1950

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0963 JOURNALIST

Jean-Jacques Rouch

1950 - 2016

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0975 DESIGNER

François Boltana

1950 - 1999

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0996 WRITER

Sylvain Fourcassié

Born 1950

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1026 POET

Patrice Thierry

1952 - 1998

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1034 POLITICIAN

Serge Didier

Born 1951

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1043 PLAYER

Christian Lanta

Born 1952

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1056 AEROSPACE

Guy André Boy

Born 1952

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1057 RIDER

Didier Seguret

Born 1958

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1059 DIPLOMAT

Jacqueline Bassa-Mazzoni

Born 1956

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1080 POLITICIAN

Jean-Pierre Bastiani

Born 1952

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1092 POLITICIAN

Véronique Fayet

Born 1953

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1101 PAINTER

André Delpuch

Born 1952

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1106 JOURNALIST

Jean-Karim Fall

1958 - 2017

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1111 FILM

Philippe Cosson

Born 1953

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1125 ACADEMIC

Benoît-Dominique de la Soujeol

Born 1955

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1132 FILM

Francis Fourcou

Born 1955

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1145 AJUSTEUR

Gérard Eychenne

Born 1956

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1147 DRIVER

Guy Martinolle

Born 1951

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1149 SOCIOLOGIST

Michel Grossetti

Born 1957

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1172 FOOTBALL

Didier Knayer

Born 1957

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1211 FOOTBALL

Georges Tignard

Born 1955

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1215 FOOTBALL

Richard Toutain

Born 1959

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1266 LUTHIER

Michel Chavarria

Born 1953

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1301 CHEF

Francis Cardenau

Born 1957

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1314 DRIVER

Alain Filhol

Born 1951

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1317 ARCHITECT

Dominique Alba

Born 1957

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1324 BOXE

Guy Debuisson

Born 1951

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1327 MUSIC

Jean-Dominique Krynen

Born 1958

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1363 PLAYER

Patrick Bentaboulet

Born 1956

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1371 PLAYER

Laurent Husson

Born 1959

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1415 PLAYER

Marc Azon

1955 - 2011

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1436 BACTERIOLOGIST

Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou

Born 1951

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1458 FOOTBALL

Michel Feuillerat

Born 1954

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