Montpellier
Montpellier ranks 261st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Birmingham, Alabama, Cape Town, and Cambridge. Memorable people born in Montpellier include Auguste Comte, Saint Roch, and James I of Aragon. Memorable people who died in Montpellier include 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 1998, Montpellier was the birth place of 49 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
Go to all RankingsAuguste Comte
PHILOSOPHER
1798 - 1857
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 1
Saint Roch
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1295 - 1327
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 2
James I of Aragon
POLITICIAN
1208 - 1276
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 3
Frédéric Bazille
PAINTER
1841 - 1870
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 4
Alexandre Cabanel
PAINTER
1823 - 1889
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 5
Juliette Gréco
ACTOR
1927 - 2020
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 6
James II of Majorca
POLITICIAN
1243 - 1311
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 7
Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès
POLITICIAN
1753 - 1824
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 8
Antoine Jérôme Balard
CHEMIST
1802 - 1876
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 9
Maria of Montpellier
POLITICIAN
1182 - 1213
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 10
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
DESIGNER
1811 - 1899
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 11
Jean-Luc Dehaene
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2014
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Montpellier
Go to all RankingsLouis-Sébastien Lenormand
CHEMIST
1757 - 1837
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 24
Jacques Soustelle
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1990
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 27
Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
WRITER
1884 - 1974
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 32
Pierre Allemane
SOCCER PLAYER
1882 - 1956
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 34
Jacques Baratier
FILM DIRECTOR
1918 - 2009
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 36
Yunis Abdelhamid
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 40
Dimitry Bertaud
SOCCER PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 25.38
Rank: 47
Jean Patry
VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 48
Clément Bessaguet
ATHLETE
1991 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 49
People Deceased in Montpellier
Go to all RankingsCarlo Buonaparte
LAWYER
1746 - 1785
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 1
Robert Delaunay
PAINTER
1885 - 1941
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 2
Elena of Montenegro
COMPANION
1871 - 1952
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 3
Lucien Tesnière
LINGUIST
1893 - 1954
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 4
Paul-Jacques Curie
PHYSICIST
1855 - 1941
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 5
Édouard Roche
MATHEMATICIAN
1820 - 1883
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 6
Manitas de Plata
MUSICIAN
1921 - 2014
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 7
Guy Bonnet
MUSICIAN
1945 - 2024
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 8
François-Xavier Fabre
PAINTER
1766 - 1837
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 9
Josias Braun-Blanquet
BIOLOGIST
1884 - 1980
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 10
Emma Calvé
SINGER
1858 - 1942
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 11
Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence
NOBLEMAN
1158 - 1181
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Montpellier
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Most individuals born in present day Montpellier were soccer players (8), politicians (7), painters (5), biologists (4), and writers (3), while most who died were biologists (4), painters (2), mathematicians (2), musicians (2), and politicians (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Montpellier, including Yunis Abdelhamid, Alexander Djiku, and Téji Savanier. 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 Yunis Abdelhamid.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in Montpellier since 1700.