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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.

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  • Art & Design
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  • Music
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François Achille Bazaine

1811 - 1888

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0021 OFFICER

Lazare Hoche

1768 - 1797

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0084 OFFICER

Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes

1700 - 1755

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0103 OFFICER

Charles Auguste Frossard

1807 - 1875

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0159 OFFICER

Antoine-Geneviève-Héraclius-Agénor de Gramont

1789 - 1855

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0168 OFFICER

François Claude du Barail

1820 - 1902

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0261 OFFICER

César Laurent de Chastellux

1780 - 1854

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0368 OFFICER

François Charles Jean Pierre Marie d'Avrange d'Ha

1782 - 1827

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0433 OFFICER

François Isidore Wathiez

1777 - 1856

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0499 OFFICER

Louis von Colomier

1809 - 1886

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0542 OFFICER

Charles d'Escorches de Sainte-Croix

1782 - 1810

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0630 OFFICER

Joseph Thomas Ledée

1750 - 1823

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0659 OFFICER

Claude-Constant Jouvenel des Ursins d'Harville —

1723 - 1794

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0667 OFFICER

Alphonse Louis Gentil de Saint-Alphonse

1777 - 1837

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0676 OFFICER

Victor Abel Dessalles

1776 - 1864

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0697 OFFICER

Georges Philippe Saboureux de Fontenay

1742 - 1806

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