Grasse ranks 1,474th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sivas, Anyang, Gyeonggi, and Kenosha, Wisconsin. Memorable people born in Grasse include Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Michèle Mouton, and Marguerite Gérard. Memorable people who died in Grasse include Lolo Ferrari, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, and David Douglas Duncan. Grasse has been the birth place of many soccer players and painters and the death place of many pornographic actors and writers. Grasse is located in France.
Grasse is the only subprefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region on the French Riviera. In 2017, the commune had a population of 50,396. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1732 and 1995, Grasse was the birth place of 9 globally memorable people, including Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Michèle Mouton, and Marguerite Gérard. Additionaly, 5 globally memorable people have passed away in Grasse including Lolo Ferrari, Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, and David Douglas Duncan.
1732 - 1806
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 1
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 2
1761 - 1837
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 3
1927 - 2015
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 4
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 5
1989 - Present
HPI: 32.60
Rank: 6
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.23
Rank: 7
1992 - Present
HPI: 25.69
Rank: 8
1995 - Present
HPI: 24.69
Rank: 9
1963 - 2000
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 1
1901 - 1979
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 2
1916 - 2018
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 3
1909 - 1977
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 4
1919 - 2001
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 5
1901 - 1979
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 2
1916 - 2018
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 3
1909 - 1977
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 4
1919 - 2001
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 5
Most individuals born in present day Grasse were soccer players (3), painters (2), racing drivers (1), politicians (1), and mathematicians (1), while most who died were pornographic actors (1), writers (1), photographers (1), swimmers (1), and chess players (1).
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Grasse since 1700.