48.8047° N, 2.1336° E
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.
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 king — 10.7× the global rate.
Versailles under-produces football — only 0.2× the global rate.
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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- Field: Football Clear ×
Mehdi Lacen
Born 1984
Georges-Kévin N'Koudou
Born 1995
David Simão
Born 1990
Rémi Gomis
Born 1984
Olivier Thomert
Born 1980
Wilfried Louisy-Daniel
Born 1986
Grégory Gomis
Born 1990
Olivier Fontenette
Born 1982
Antoine Batisse
Born 1995
Nicolas Caraux
Born 1991
Antoine Léautey
Born 1996
Gaël Hiroux
Born 1980
David Rinçon
Born 1970
Stéphanie Legrand
Born 1978
Stéphane Clemenceau
Born 1971