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 128 of 1,459 notable people

0002 WRITER

Bernard Werber

Born 1961

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0015 POLITICIAN

Louis Aliot

Born 1969

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0025 FOOTBALL

Daniel Bravo

Born 1963

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0027 ACTOR

Nagui

Born 1961

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0051 PLAYER

Catherine Tanvier

Born 1965

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0061 PHOTOGRAPHER

Bruno Aveillan

Born 1968

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0062 POLITICIAN

Benoist Apparu

Born 1969

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0063 POLITICIAN

Jean-Luc Moudenc

Born 1960

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0118 SPORT

Frédéric Moncassin

Born 1968

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0133 DESIGNER

Jean-Marie Massaud

Born 1966

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0151 ESSAYIST

Frédéric Luz

Born 1964

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0168 COMPOSER

Frédéric Talgorn

Born 1961

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0186 ACTOR

Elise Larnicol

Born 1968

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0194 ACTOR

Philippe Uchan

Born 1962

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0204 RADIO

Jean-Luc Reichmann

Born 1960

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0205 ENTREPRENEUR

Henri Verdier

Born 1968

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0229 SINGER

Art Mengo

Born 1961

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0231 BASKET

Yannick Souvré

Born 1969

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0269 FILM

Éric Valette

Born 1967

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0271 SINGER

Pauline Ester

Born 1963

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0275 LAWYER

Gilles Cistac

1961 - 2015

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0289 PLAYER

Christophe Deylaud

Born 1964

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0294 FOOTBALL

Pascal Despeyroux

Born 1965

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0295 JOURNALIST

Sonia Sarfati

Born 1960

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0303 ECONOMIST

Emmanuelle Auriol

Born 1966

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0327 LAWYER

Alain Seban

Born 1964

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0337 POLITICIAN

Frédérique Massat

Born 1964

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0345 SPORT

Robert Forest (cyclist)

Born 1961

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0346 CHESS

Marc Santo-Roman

Born 1960

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0348 CONDUCTOR

Jean Tubéry

Born 1964

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0350 FILM

Olivier Delbosc

Born 1968

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0355 WRITER

Christian Authier

Born 1969

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0361 PLAYER

Jean-Luc Sadourny

Born 1966

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0367 COMPOSER

Jean-Pascal Beintus

Born 1966

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0372 MUSIC

Tino di Geraldo

Born 1960

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0376 ATHLETE

Sébastien Deleigne

Born 1967

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0382 COMPOSER

Pascal Kleiman

Born 1968

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0385 FILM

Anne Villacèque

Born 1963

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0390 ACTOR

Magyd Cherfi

Born 1962

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0406 PLAYER

Albert Cigagna

Born 1960

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0417 JOURNALIST

Brice Fleutiaux

1967 - 2001

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0420 FOOTBALL

Olivier Sadran

Born 1969

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0448 SINGER

Christine Roque

Born 1965

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0449 PLAYER

Éric Bonneval

Born 1963

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0465 POLITICIAN

Bruno Guigue

Born 1962

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0466 PLAYER

Jérôme Cazalbou

Born 1969

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0472 JOURNALIST

Alexis Brézet

Born 1962

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0479 PIANIST

Thierry Huillet

Born 1965

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0496 PLAYER

Stéphane Ougier

Born 1967

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0529 SINGER

Vincent Bouchot

Born 1966

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0534 SCULPTOR

Laurent Esquerré

Born 1967

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0539 PAINTER

Cyril Kongo

Born 1969

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0542 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans

Born 1969

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0548 WRITER

Philip Le Roy

Born 1962

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0551 HISTORIAN

Alexandre Maral

Born 1968

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0556 ACTOR

Marie-Véronique Maurin

Born 1960

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0558 FOOTBALL

Jean-Philippe Primard

Born 1962

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0569 GALLERIST

Nathalie Obadia

Born 1962

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0572 COMPOSER

Erik Feller

Born 1962

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0577 CHESS

David Marciano (joueur d'échecs)

Born 1969

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0588 CLIMB

Didier Raboutou

Born 1962

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0603 JOURNALIST

Jean-Pierre Denis (journaliste)

Born 1967

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0609 FOOTBALL

Jean-Philippe Delpech

Born 1967

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0611 JOURNALIST

Marc Victor

Born 1961

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0621 ARTISTE

Florence Doléac

Born 1968

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0648 KILLER

Patrice Alègre

Born 1968

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0656 PHOTOGRAPHER

Flore (photographer)

Born 1963

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0663 SWIMMER

Renaud Boucher

Born 1964

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0697 WRITER

Caroline Terrée

Born 1968

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0701 ENGINEER

Jean-Marc Alliot

Born 1962

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0715 POET

Jean-Michel Tartayre

Born 1966

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0722 ACADEMIC

Jean-Michel Minovez

Born 1963

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0724 SPORT

Christian Chaubet

Born 1961

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0735 FONCTIONNAIRE

Philippe Léglise-Costa

Born 1966

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0754 DRAUGHTSWOMAN

Jeff Pourquié

Born 1964

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0755 ARTIST

TieKo

Born 1962

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0760 SPORT

Jean-François Dellac

Born 1961

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0763 ARTIST

Jean-Christophe Chauzy

Born 1963

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0766 ACTOR

Manu Joucla

Born 1969

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0771 WRITER

Laurence Biberfeld

Born 1960

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0786 FILM

Emmanuel Caussé

Born 1968

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0788 TEACHER

Alain Refalo

Born 1964

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0790 ARTIST

Michel Suro

Born 1968

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0798 ACADEMIC

Philippe Saltel

Born 1960

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0820 ARTIST

Marc N'Guessan

Born 1965

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0826 ATHLETIC

Jean Pons

Born 1969

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0839 WRITER

Guillaume Moingeon

Born 1961

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0845 SINGER

Gill Dougherty

Born 1961

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0846 FOOTBALL

Jean-Michel Simonella

Born 1962

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0861 ATHLETIC

Dominique Hernandez

Born 1960

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0863 CHEMIST

Hélène Olivier-Bourbigou

Born 1962

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0869 PLAYER

Stéphane Sansoni

Born 1967

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0884 BUSINESS

Xavier Broseta

Born 1967

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0886 ARTIST

Caroline Achaintre

Born 1969

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0887 SCULPTOR

Driss Sans-Arcidet

Born 1960

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0890 ARTIST

Alain Garrigue

Born 1962

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0899 PRODUCER

Marc Voinchet

Born 1965

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0911 BUSINESS

Charles Kloboukoff

Born 1963

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0912 ARTIST

Mad (auteur)

1969 - 1993

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0914 FILM

Dominique Henry

Born 1967

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0936 FOOTBALL

Pierre Espanol

Born 1963

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0938 PAINTER

Philippe Vercellotti

Born 1961

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0962 WRITER

Stéphane Jougla

Born 1964

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0965 DESIGNER

Rodolphe Giuglardo

Born 1965

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1001 SPORT

Jean-Marc Manfrin

Born 1963

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1010 FOOTBALL

Myriam Assenat

Born 1962

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1044 RADIO

Bob Bellanca

Born 1965

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1050 CHOREOGRAPHER

Michel Kelemenis

Born 1960

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1055 PLAYER

Éric Béchu

1960 - 2013

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1068 POLITICIAN

Stéphane Beemelmans

Born 1965

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1073 COMPOSER

Pascal Estève

Born 1961

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1087 FOOTBALL

Thierry Alajarin

Born 1967

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1121 COMPOSER

Jean-Philippe Bec

Born 1968

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1167 PLAYER

Geofrey Abadie

1965 - 2015

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1180 BASSIST

Éric Hervé

Born 1961

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1187 BUSINESS

Olivier Robert-Murphy

Born 1966

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1191 PLAYER

Olivier Carbonneau

Born 1967

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1222 ARTIST

Henri Fabuel

Born 1960

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1226 JOURNALIST

Agnès Soubiran

Born 1969

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1238 FOOTBALL

Hervé Gandolfi

Born 1963

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1313 TEACHER

Christian Galan

Born 1960

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1365 PHOTOGRAPHER

Marc Lacaze

Born 1965

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1378 BOXER

Bertrand Soncourt

1965 - 2000

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1395 PLAYER

Thierry Savio

Born 1967

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1400 PAINTER

Philippe Sokazo

Born 1962

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1414 FOOTBALL

Pascal Monbrun

Born 1967

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1439 DRIVER

Patrice Garrouste

Born 1967

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1449 WRITER

Franck Pélissier

Born 1969

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