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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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0031 SISTER

Louise of France (1737–1787)

1737 - 1787

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0037 DAUGHTER

Adélaïde of France (1732–1800)

1732 - 1800

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0041 CHILD

Victoire of France (1733–1799)

1733 - 1799

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0069 POET

Jean-François Ducis

1733 - 1816

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0106 DAUGHTER

Sophie of France (1734–1782)

1734 - 1782

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0110 PRINCE

Philippe, Duke of Anjou

1730 - 1733

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0113 CERAMIST

Michel-Victor Acier

1736 - 1799

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0117 POLITICIAN

Arnaud II de La Porte

1737 - 1792

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0145 WRITER

Gabriel Sénac de Meilhan

1736 - 1803

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0192 PRINCESS

Thérèse of France (1736–1744)

1736 - 1744

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0236 COMPOSER

Jean-Baptiste Cardonne

1730 - 1792

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0290 POLITICIAN

Armand Joseph de Béthune

1738 - 1800

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0326 WRITER

Olivier de Corancez

1734 - 1810

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0327 ROYAUTÉ

Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville-d'Avray

1732 - 1792

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0330 JOURNALIST

Simon-Jérôme Bourlet de Vauxcelles

1733 - 1802

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0365 PHILOLOGIST

Louis Poinsinet de Sivry

1733 - 1804

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0405 PAINTER

Charles-Nicolas Dodin

1734 - 1803

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0463 ARCHITECT

Ange-Antoine Gabriel

1735 - 1781

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0567 ARCHITECT

Pierre-Louis Helin

1734 - 1791

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0623 ARCHITECT

Richard-François Bonfin

1730 - 1814

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0635 ARCHITECT

Jean-René Billaudel

1733 - 1786

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0657 CONCIERGE

Pierre-Charles Bonnefoy du Plan

1732 - 1824

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0666 PRIEST

Jean-François Marquis-Ducastel

1739 - 1829

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0672 POLITICIAN

Louis-Hector-Amédée Angot

1739 - 1805

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0684 LAWYER

Olivier Desclozeaux

1732 - 1816

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0691 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Louis Jacques Ruelle de Santerre

1739 - 1802

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0702 RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE

Jean-Louis Dessaubaz

1739 - 1806

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