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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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0007 DIPLOMAT

Ferdinand de Lesseps

1805 - 1894

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0093 HISTORIAN

Charles Texier

1802 - 1871

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0103 OFFICER

Charles Auguste Frossard

1807 - 1875

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0151 PAINTER

François-Gabriel Lépaulle

1804 - 1886

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0175 ARCHITECT

Hector Horeau

1801 - 1872

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0203 MATHEMATICIAN

Abel Transon

1805 - 1876

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0217 SINGER

François Wartel

1806 - 1882

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0251 ENGINEER

Adolphe Bazaine-Vasseur

1809 - 1893

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0253 LAWYER

Ernest de Royer

1808 - 1877

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0254 POLITICIAN

Eugène de Goulard

1808 - 1874

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0300 EXPLORER

Anne Raffenel

1809 - 1858

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0302 HISTORIAN

Jules Berger de Xivrey

1801 - 1863

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0464 ARCHITECT

Louis Lenormand

1801 - 1862

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0499 OFFICER

Louis von Colomier

1809 - 1886

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0520 PLAYWRIGHT

Hyacinthe de Flers

1803 - 1866

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0594 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand de Jouvencel

1804 - 1873

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0603 POLITICIAN

Hippolyte Baudel Durand

1805 - 1861

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0629 POLITICIAN

Ovide de Rémilly

1800 - 1875

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0652 POLITICIAN

Armand Pierre Landrin

1803 - 1859

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0655 POLITICIAN

Eugène Loyer

1807 - 1880

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0686 BUSINESS

Achille Benoit

1804 - 1895

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0712 COMPOSER

Joseph Lebourgeois

1802 - 1824

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