Granville, Manche
Granville, Manche ranks 4,464th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Shoreham-by-Sea, Rutland (city), Vermont, and Tuileries Palace. Memorable people born in Granville, Manche include Christian Dior, Maurice Denis, and André Bonin. Granville, Manche has been the birth place of many fashion designers, and writers. Granville, Manche is located in France.
Granville is a commune in the Manche department and region of Normandy, northwestern France. The chef-lieu of the canton of Granville and seat of the Communauté de communes de Granville, Terre et Mer, it is a seaside resort and health resort of Mont Saint-Michel Bay, at the end of the Côte des Havres, a former cod-fishing port and the first shellfish port of France. It is sometimes nicknamed "Monaco of the North" by virtue of its location on a rocky promontory. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1870 and 1957, Granville, Manche was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Christian Dior, Maurice Denis, and André Bonin.
People Born in Granville, Manche
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Christian Dior
FASHION DESIGNER
1905 - 1957
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 1
Maurice Denis
WRITER
1870 - 1943
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 2
André Bonin
ATHLETE
1909 - 1998
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 3
Jacques Gamblin
ACTOR
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 4
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Granville, Manche were fashion designers (1), writers (1), athletes (1), and actors (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Granville, Manche, including Jacques Gamblin. Whereas, throughout history, fashion designers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Granville, Manche, including Christian Dior.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Granville, Manche since 1700.
