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VERSAILLES

Most Famous People Born in Versailles, France

Notable people
715
Peak decade
1960s
Median birth year
1868
Most distinctive
King 10.7×

The Habsburg-of-the-West residence city, and it reads exactly like one on the page: a Bourbon hothouse whose Aristocrat and King benches index at better than ten times the global baseline, flanked by the expected Architect and Militar cohorts a court town produces to furnish and defend itself. Even after the Revolution it kept generating Playwrights and Composers at a clip most suburbs never manage, a reminder that proximity to power has its own long half-life.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Versailles during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1960s with 62 notable births.

What Versailles Is Known For

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Politician is Versailles's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (82).

Versailles over-indexes on king10.7× the global rate.

Versailles under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.

  1. Politician82
  2. Painter34
  3. Actor32
  4. Militar32
  5. Writer29
  6. Architect21
  7. Composer18
  8. Officer16
  1. King1010.7×
  2. Aristocrat1210.0×
  3. Playwright76.3×
  4. Militar323.7×
  5. Officer163.4×
  6. Architect213.3×
  7. Engineer143.1×
  8. Botanist72.4×
  1. Football150.2×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Versailles's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0030 ROYAL FAMILY

Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703–1752)

1703 - 1752

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0034 POLITICIAN

Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas

1701 - 1781

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0046 FIGLIO

Louis, Count of Clermont

1709 - 1771

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0084 OFFICER

Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes

1700 - 1755

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0126 PRIEST

Paul d'Albert de Luynes

1703 - 1788

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0157 DUKE

Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707–1712)

1707 - 1712

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0161 PRIEST

Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld

1701 - 1757

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0191 CHESS

Legall de Kermeur

1702 - 1792

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0204 COURTIER

Louis de Pardaillan de Gondrin (1707–1743)

1707 - 1743

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0277 NUN

Henriette Louise de Bourbon

1703 - 1772

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0387 DAUGHTER

Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Mademoiselle du Maine

1707 - 1743

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0661 HIJO

Luis de Francia (1704-1705)

1704 - 1705

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0675 SCRIBE

Pierre-Benjamin Gallemant

1701 - 1774

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0710 ARCHER

René Lièvre de Besançon

1703 - 1739

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