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VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from France

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This page contains a list of the greatest French Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 121 Volleyball Players, 3 of which were born in France. This makes France the birth place of the 12th most number of Volleyball Players behind Netherlands and Argentina.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary French Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous French Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Earvin N'Gapeth (1991 - )

With an HPI of 40.84, Earvin N'Gapeth is the most famous French Volleyball Player.  His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.

Earvin N'Gapeth (born 12 February 1991) is a French professional volleyball player, member of the France national volleyball team and Italian club Modena Volley, 2015 European Champion, gold medallist of the World League (2015 and 2017), French Champion (2010), Italian Champion (2016), and Olympic Champion (2020).

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2. Jenia Grebennikov (1990 - )

With an HPI of 37.90, Jenia Grebennikov is the 2nd most famous French Volleyball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Jenia Grebennikov (born 13 August 1990) is a French professional volleyball player of Russian descent who plays as a libero for Zenit Saint Petersburg and the France national team. Grebennikov won a gold medal in the men's tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and is the 2015 European Champion.

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3. Benjamin Toniutti (1989 - )

With an HPI of 31.27, Benjamin Toniutti is the 3rd most famous French Volleyball Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Benjamin Toniutti (born 30 October 1989) is a French professional volleyball player who plays as a setter for Jastrzębski Węgiel and the France national team. Toniutti won a gold medal in the men's tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and is the 2015 European Champion and the 2021 Champions League winner with ZAKSA.

Pantheon has 3 people classified as volleyball players born between 1989 and 1991. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living volleyball players include Earvin N'Gapeth, Jenia Grebennikov, and Benjamin Toniutti. As of April 2022, 1 new volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Benjamin Toniutti.

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