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.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Toulouse during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Toulouse Is Known For
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Politician is Toulouse's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (179).
Toulouse over-indexes on player — 5.3× the global rate.
Toulouse under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.
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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- Field: Painter Clear ×
Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin
1860 - 1943
François de Troy
1645 - 1730
Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes
1750 - 1819
Édouard Debat-Ponsan
1847 - 1913
Miss Van
Born 1973
Alexandre Bida
1813 - 1895
Marc Saint-Saëns
1903 - 1979
Guillaume-Joseph Roques
1757 - 1847
Antoine Rivalz
1667 - 1735
Paul Gervais (painter)
1859 - 1944
Roland Sabatier
Born 1942
Louis Icart
1888 - 1950
William Didier-Pouget
1864 - 1959
Jean-Marie-Joseph Ingres
1754 - 1814
Mady de La Giraudière
1922 - 2018
Béatrice Cussol
Born 1970
Cyprien Eugène Boulet
1877 - 1927
Christian d'Orgeix
1927 - 2019
Laurent Dabos
1761 - 1835
Jean Vincent de Crozals
1922 - 2009
Jules Garipuy
1817 - 1893
Renée Aspe
1922 - 1969
Michel De Caso
Born 1956
Hilaire Pader
1607 - 1677
Gaston de Latenay
1859 - 1943
Adrien Dax
1913 - 1979
Louis Jacquesson de la Chevreuse
1839 - 1903
Louis Latapie
1891 - 1972
Cyril Kongo
Born 1969
Julien-Honoré-Germain d'Aubuisson
1786 - 1860
Jean-Louis Bézard
1799 - 1881
Michel Bez
1951 - 2018
Louis-Victor Gesta
1828 - 1894
Féréol Bonnemaison
1767 - 1827
Jean-Baptiste Despax
1710 - 1773
Michel Batlle
Born 1946
Alain Satié
1944 - 2011
Georges Guiraud (graveur)
1901 - 1989
Bruno Schmeltz
Born 1938
Henri Rachou
1855 - 1944
Jacques Derrey
1907 - 1975
Louis Floutier
1882 - 1936
Lionel Sabatté
Born 1975
Raoul Bergougnan
1900 - 1982
Charles Brocas
1774 - 1835
Jean-Bernard Chalette
1631 - 1684
Piotr Barsony
Born 1948
Jacques Basse
Born 1934
Paul Pujol
1848 - 1926
André Regagnon
1902 - 1976
Jean Suau (peintre)
1755 - 1841
Joseph-François Foulquier
1744 - 1789
Charles Adolphe Bonnegrace
1808 - 1882
Philippe Vercellotti
Born 1961
François Cammas
1743 - 1804
Georges Bonnemaison
Died 1885
Louis Priou
1845 - 1917
François Baboulet
1914 - 2010
Paul Pascal
1839 - 1905
Bernard Nalot
1508 - 1550
André Delpuch
Born 1952
Lucien Vieillard
Born 1923
Anne-Marie Caffort Ernst
1927 - 2014
Pierre Igon
1922 - 2006
Jean Ningres
1878 - 1964
Pierre-Théodore Suau
1789 - 1856
Jean-François Savornin
Born 1943
Philippe Sokazo
Born 1962