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: Sculptor Clear ×
Alexandre Falguière
1831 - 1900
Antonin Mercié
1845 - 1916
Laurent Marqueste
1848 - 1920
Charles Marie Louis Joseph Sarrabezolles
1888 - 1971
Antonin Idrac
1849 - 1884
Victor Ségoffin
1867 - 1925
Maurice Bouval
1863 - 1916
Jean-Jacques Castex
1731 - 1822
Léo Laporte-Blairsy
1865 - 1923
Bernard Lange
1754 - 1839
François Lucas
1736 - 1813
Maurice Guiraud-Rivière
1881 - 1947
Auguste Seysses
1862 - 1946
Gaston Watkin
1916 - 2011
Jules Jacques Labatut
1851 - 1935
Henry Parayre
1879 - 1970
Laurent Esquerré
Born 1967
Auguste Gilbert Privat
1892 - 1969
Raymond Barthélemy
1833 - 1902
Henri-Raphaël Moncassin
1883 - 1958
Théodore Rivière
1857 - 1912
Michel Averseng
Born 1936
Bernard Griffoul-Dorval
1788 - 1861
Driss Sans-Arcidet
Born 1960
Sylvestre Clerc
1892 - 1965
Paul Silvestre
1884 - 1976
Paul-Eugène Breton
1868 - 1932
Jean-Victor Badin
1872 - 1949
Alexandre Laporte
1850 - 1904
Louis Clausade
1862 - 1899
Georges Vivent
1871 - 1949
Lluís Bonifaç
Died 1696
Joseph Monin (sculpteur)
1903 - 2000
Charles Henri Plas
1892 - 1954
Jean-Pierre Moulive
1813 - 1842