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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

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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 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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0006 KING

Louis XVII of France

1785 - 1795

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0022 POLITICIAN

Jules de Polignac

1780 - 1847

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0024 KING

Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France

1781 - 1789

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0036 SOVEREIGN

Stéphanie de Beauharnais

1789 - 1860

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0054 SOLDIER

Gaspard Gourgaud

1783 - 1852

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0076 PAINTER

Jean-Victor Schnetz

1787 - 1870

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0090 PAINTER

Louis Dupré (painter)

1789 - 1837

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0097 POLITICIAN

Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul

1789 - 1865

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0107 MÖRDER

Louis Pierre Louvel

1783 - 1820

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0116 MARRIAGE

Charles-René de Bombelles

1785 - 1856

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0119 PRINCESS

Sophie Hélène Beatrix of France

1786 - 1787

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0128 ARISTOCRAT

Adèle d'Osmond

1781 - 1866

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0137 ENGINEER

Édouard de Villiers du Terrage

1780 - 1855

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0159 OFFICER

Antoine-Geneviève-Héraclius-Agénor de Gramont

1789 - 1855

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0198 NATURALIST

Pierre Antoine Delalande

1787 - 1823

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0227 ARCHITECT

Jacques-Marie Huvé

1783 - 1852

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0255 DIPLOMAT

Heinrich Bombelles

1789 - 1850

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0259 PLAYWRIGHT

Alexis Wafflard

1787 - 1824

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0261 OFFICER

César Laurent de Chastellux

1780 - 1854

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0271 CHEVALIER

Rainulphe d'Osmond

1788 - 1862

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0279 PLAYWRIGHT

Lucien Arnault

1787 - 1863

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0297 MILITAR

Joseph Bernelle

1785 - 1871

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0331 MILITAR

Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis

1788 - 1856

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0354 PLAYWRIGHT

Jean-Baptiste Mardelle

1785 - 1839

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0368 OFFICER

François Charles Jean Pierre Marie d'Avrange d'Ha

1782 - 1827

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0377 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Jean-Louis Hardouin Michelin de Choisy

1786 - 1867

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0378 CHOREOGRAPHER

Louis Henry (danseur)

1784 - 1836

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0409 POLITICIAN

Henri-Louis de Chastellux

1786 - 1863

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0414 SINGER

François-Louis Henry

1786 - 1855

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0465 MUSIC

Charles François Gand

1789 - 1845

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0484 POLITICIAN

Melchior de Polignac (1781-1855)

1781 - 1855

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0504 PAINTER

Bernard Gaillot

1780 - 1847

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0511 ARCHITECT

Auguste Pellechet

1789 - 1874

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0542 OFFICER

Charles d'Escorches de Sainte-Croix

1782 - 1810

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0553 POET

Charles Odry

1781 - 1853

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0555 PAINTER

Nicolas-Marie Moriot

1788 - 1852

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0569 POLITICIAN

René de Pierre de Bernis

1780 - 1838

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0587 CURATOR

Jean-Michel Mercier

1786 - 1874

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0618 POLITICIAN

Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Georgette du Buisson de La B

1781 - 1856

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0643 PRINCESA

María Teresa de Francia (1783-1783)

1783 - 1783

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0646 POLITICIAN

Louis Charles Théodore Lemasson

1789 - 1858

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0649 POLITICIAN

Théodore Thiérion

1783 - 1872

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0651 ENGINEER

Jean-Baptiste Jomard

1780 - 1868

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0656 POLITICIAN

Antoine Mangin d'Oins

1789 - 1844

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0695 ADMINISTRATOR

Pierre-Édouard Brou

1786 - 1862

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