Draguignan
Draguignan ranks 5,455th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ozurgeti, Biratnagar, and Zavidovići. Memorable people born in Draguignan include Alain Connes, Lily Pons, and Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès. Memorable people who died in Draguignan include Christopher Tolkien, Jean-Jacques Sempé, and Michel Constantin. Draguignan has been the birth place of many mathematicians, and actors and the death place of many comic artists, and writers. Draguignan is located in France.
Draguignan is a commune in the Var department in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1817 and 1947, Draguignan was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Alain Connes, Lily Pons, and Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Draguignan including Christopher Tolkien, Jean-Jacques Sempé, and Michel Constantin. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Draguignan than were born there.
People Born in Draguignan
Go to all RankingsAlain Connes
MATHEMATICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1
Lily Pons
ACTOR
1898 - 1976
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 2
Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès
CHEMIST
1817 - 1880
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 3
People Deceased in Draguignan
Go to all RankingsChristopher Tolkien
WRITER
1924 - 2020
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 1
Jean-Jacques Sempé
COMIC ARTIST
1932 - 2022
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 2
Michel Constantin
ACTOR
1924 - 2003
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 3
Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2008
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 4
Ronald Searle
COMIC ARTIST
1920 - 2011
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Draguignan were mathematicians (1), actors (1), and chemists (1), while most who died were comic artists (2), writers (1), actors (1), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, mathematicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Draguignan, including Alain Connes. Whereas, throughout history, mathematicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Draguignan, including Alain Connes.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Draguignan since 1700.