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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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0011 ACTOR

Stéphane Audran

1932 - 2018

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0044 HISTORIAN

Gabriel de Broglie

Born 1931

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0165 ACTOR

Évelyne Grandjean

Born 1939

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0177 POET

Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers

1939 - 2013

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0207 CONDUCTOR

Jean-Pierre Jacquillat

1935 - 1986

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0322 GEOGRAPHER

Numa Broc

1934 - 2017

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0339 MUSIC

Thérèse Dussaut

Born 1939

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0389 HISTORIAN

Raymond Huard

Born 1933

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0443 PAINTER

Joël Froment

Born 1938

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0446 ENGRAVER

Pierre Béquet

1932 - 2012

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0452 ARCHITECT

Daniel Kahane

Born 1938

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0469 PAINTER

Jean-Paul Savignac (réalisateur)

Born 1936

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0474 ACTOR

Claude Evrard

1930 - 2020

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0536 ACADEMIC

Michel Gresset

1938 - 2005

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0539 BUSINESS

Thierry Jacquillat

1938 - 2010

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0551 PAINTER

Claude Pelletier-Pigot

1932 - 2008

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0574 SCULPTOR

Philippe Jean (sculpteur)

1931 - 1987

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