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Limoges (fra)

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Limoges ranks 558th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Arras, Plzeň, and Duisburg. Memorable people born in Limoges include Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Marie François Sadi Carnot, and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan. Memorable people who died in Limoges include Raoul Hausmann, Théo Sarapo, and Saint Martial. Limoges has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many painters, and singers. Limoges is located in France.

Limoges is a city and commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated on the first western foothills of the Massif Central, Limoges is crossed by the river Vienne, of which it was originally the first ford crossing point. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 300 and 2001, Limoges was the birth place of 27 globally memorable people, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Marie François Sadi Carnot, and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Limoges including Raoul Hausmann, Théo Sarapo, and Saint Martial.

People Born in Limoges

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People Deceased in Limoges

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Limoges were politicians (8), soccer players (3), painters (2), military personnels (2), and actors (2),  while most who died were painters (1), singers (1), and religious figures (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Limoges, including Benoît Badiashile, Karim Aït-Fana, and David Ducourtioux. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Limoges, including Marie François Sadi Carnot, Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, and Étienne de Silhouette.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 16 globally memorable people born in Limoges since 1700.