New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

Cultural Production in

Present Day

France (fra)

France

Icon of placeFrance

France ranks 249th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Verona, Kyoto Prefecture, and Casablanca. Memorable people born in France include Marcel Proust, Gabrielle d'Estrées, and Robert Guérin. Memorable people who died in France include François Villon, André Citroën, and Anne of Kiev. France has been the birth place of many politicians and religious figures and the death place of many writers and politicians. France is located in France.

France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also includes overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Its eighteen integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) and contain 68 million people. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 0 and 2000, France was the birth place of 44 globally memorable people, including Marcel Proust, Gabrielle d'Estrées, and Robert Guérin. Additionaly, 17 globally memorable people have passed away in France including François Villon, André Citroën, and Anne of Kiev.

People Born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Newly Added People Born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

People Deceased in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Newly Added People Deceased in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Occupations

Most individuals born in present day France were politicians (10), religious figures (4), actors (4), soccer players (4), and writers (3),  while most who died were writers (4), politicians (4), companions (2), engineers (1), and religious figures (1).

Occupational Trends

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in France, including Pierre Coffin, Pascale Arbillot, and Raphaël Personnaz. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day France, including Robert I, Count of Artois, Walter Sans Avoir, and Alys of France, Countess of Vexin.

Death Places

Birth Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 13 globally memorable people born in France since 1700.

  • DatawheelCL