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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.

1650170017501800185019001950
  • Politics & Law
  • Writing
  • Art & Design
  • Sports
  • Science
  • Music
  • Other
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Hector Lefuel

1810 - 1880

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Hector Horeau

1801 - 1872

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Jacques-Marie Huvé

1783 - 1852

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Jean-Démosthène Dugourc

1749 - 1825

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Nicolas-Alexandre Salins

1753 - 1838

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Pierre-André Lablaude

1947 - 2018

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Daniel Kahane

Born 1938

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Ange-Antoine Gabriel

1735 - 1781

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Louis Lenormand

1801 - 1862

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Charles François Darnaudin

1741 - 1805

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Firmin Perlin

1747 - 1783

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Auguste Pellechet

1789 - 1874

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Pierre Parat

1928 - 2019

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Pierre-Louis Helin

1734 - 1791

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Arsène Bical

1884 - 1925

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Hippolyte Béziers-Lafosse

1814 - 1899

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Richard-François Bonfin

1730 - 1814

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Jean-René Billaudel

1733 - 1786

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Adrien Mouton (architecte)

1741 - 1820

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Léon Saxer

1886 - 1970

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Claude-Philippe Cramail

1772 - 1855

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