Montpellier
Montpellier ranks 261st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Birmingham, Alabama, Cape Town, and Cambridge. The most famous people from Montpellier are Auguste Comte, Saint Roch, and James I of Aragon. The most famous people who died in Montpellier are Carlo Buonaparte, Robert Delaunay, and Elena of Montenegro. Montpellier has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many biologists, and painters. Montpellier is located in France.
Montpellier is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the department of Hérault. At the 2020 census, 299,096 people lived in the city proper, while its metropolitan area had a population of 813,272. The inhabitants are called Montpelliérains. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1182 and 2006, Montpellier was the birth place of 56 globally memorable people, including Auguste Comte, Saint Roch, and James I of Aragon. Additionaly, 24 globally memorable people have passed away in Montpellier including Carlo Buonaparte, Robert Delaunay, and Elena of Montenegro.
People Born in Montpellier
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Auguste Comte
PHILOSOPHER
1798 - 1857
HPI: 85.43
Rank: 1
Saint Roch
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1295 - 1327
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 2
James I of Aragon
POLITICIAN
1208 - 1276
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 3
Frédéric Bazille
PAINTER
1841 - 1870
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 4
Alexandre Cabanel
PAINTER
1823 - 1889
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 5
Juliette Gréco
ACTOR
1927 - 2020
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 6
James II of Majorca
POLITICIAN
1243 - 1311
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 7
Antoine Jérôme Balard
CHEMIST
1802 - 1876
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 8
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
DESIGNER
1811 - 1899
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 9
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
POLITICIAN
1753 - 1824
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 10
Maria of Montpellier
POLITICIAN
1182 - 1213
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 11
Édouard Roche
MATHEMATICIAN
1820 - 1883
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 12
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Stéphane Goubert
CYCLIST
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 42
Félix Lebrun
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
2006 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 46
Léolia Jeanjean
TENNIS PLAYER
1995 - Present
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 48
Alexis Lebrun
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
2003 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 50
Grégory Vignal
SOCCER PLAYER
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 52
Nicolas Benezet
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 31.80
Rank: 54
Jonathan Ligali
SOCCER PLAYER
1991 - Present
HPI: 31.00
Rank: 55
People Deceased in Montpellier
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Carlo Buonaparte
LAWYER
1746 - 1785
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 1
Robert Delaunay
PAINTER
1885 - 1941
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 2
Elena of Montenegro
COMPANION
1871 - 1952
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 3
Paul-Jacques Curie
PHYSICIST
1855 - 1941
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 4
Étienne Mourrut
POLITICIAN
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 5
Édouard Roche
MATHEMATICIAN
1820 - 1883
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 6
Joseph Diez Gergonne
MATHEMATICIAN
1771 - 1859
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 7
François-Xavier Fabre
PAINTER
1766 - 1837
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 8
Manitas de Plata
MUSICIAN
1921 - 2014
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 9
Josias Braun-Blanquet
BIOLOGIST
1884 - 1980
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 10
Pierre Magnol
BIOLOGIST
1638 - 1715
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 11
Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence
NOBLEMAN
1158 - 1181
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Montpellier were soccer players (11), politicians (7), painters (5), biologists (4), and writers (3), while most who died were biologists (4), painters (2), politicians (2), mathematicians (2), and musicians (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Montpellier, including Alexander Djiku, Téji Savanier, and Yunis Abdelhamid. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Montpellier, including Pierre Allemane, Louis Gabrillargues, and Alexander Djiku.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Montpellier since 1700.
