48.8047° N, 2.1336° E
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.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Versailles during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Versailles Is Known For
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Politician is Versailles's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (82).
Versailles over-indexes on king — 10.7× the global rate.
Versailles under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
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.
- Politics & Law
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Sports
- Science
- Music
- Other
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Louise of France (1737–1787)
1737 - 1787
Adélaïde of France (1732–1800)
1732 - 1800
Victoire of France (1733–1799)
1733 - 1799
Jean-François Ducis
1733 - 1816
Sophie of France (1734–1782)
1734 - 1782
Philippe, Duke of Anjou
1730 - 1733
Michel-Victor Acier
1736 - 1799
Arnaud II de La Porte
1737 - 1792
Gabriel Sénac de Meilhan
1736 - 1803
Thérèse of France (1736–1744)
1736 - 1744
Jean-Baptiste Cardonne
1730 - 1792
Armand Joseph de Béthune
1738 - 1800
Olivier de Corancez
1734 - 1810
Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville-d'Avray
1732 - 1792
Simon-Jérôme Bourlet de Vauxcelles
1733 - 1802
Louis Poinsinet de Sivry
1733 - 1804
Charles-Nicolas Dodin
1734 - 1803
Ange-Antoine Gabriel
1735 - 1781
Pierre-Louis Helin
1734 - 1791
Richard-François Bonfin
1730 - 1814
Jean-René Billaudel
1733 - 1786
Pierre-Charles Bonnefoy du Plan
1732 - 1824
Jean-François Marquis-Ducastel
1739 - 1829
Louis-Hector-Amédée Angot
1739 - 1805
Olivier Desclozeaux
1732 - 1816
Louis Jacques Ruelle de Santerre
1739 - 1802
Jean-Louis Dessaubaz
1739 - 1806