Saintes, Charente-Maritime
Saintes, Charente-Maritime ranks 5,837th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Lake Forest, California, Pont-d'Ain, and Caerleon. Memorable people born in Saintes, Charente-Maritime include Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Dominique Rocheteau, and François Brisson. Memorable people who died in Saintes, Charente-Maritime include Agobard, and Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine. Saintes, Charente-Maritime has been the birth place of many soccer players, and physicians and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Saintes, Charente-Maritime is located in France.
Saintes is a commune and historic town in western France, in the Charente-Maritime department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Saintes is the second-largest city in Charente-Maritime, with 25,518 inhabitants in 2021. The city's immediate surroundings form the second-most populous metropolitan area in the department, with 56,598 inhabitants. While a majority of the surrounding landscape consists of fertile, productive fields, a significant minority of the region remains forested, its natural state. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1738 and 1991, Saintes, Charente-Maritime was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Dominique Rocheteau, and François Brisson. Additionaly, 2 globally memorable people have passed away in Saintes, Charente-Maritime including Agobard, and Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine.
People Born in Saintes, Charente-Maritime
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Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
PHYSICIAN
1738 - 1814
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 1
Dominique Rocheteau
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 2
François Brisson
SOCCER PLAYER
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 3
Joris Daudet
CYCLIST
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.79
Rank: 4
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Agobard
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
769 - 840
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 1
Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine
POLITICIAN
995 - 1068
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 2
Newly Added People Deceased in Saintes, Charente-Maritime
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Most individuals born in present day Saintes, Charente-Maritime were soccer players (2), physicians (1), and cyclists (1), while most who died were religious figures (1), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, including Dominique Rocheteau, and François Brisson. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Saintes, Charente-Maritime, including Dominique Rocheteau, and François Brisson.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 1 globally memorable people born in Saintes, Charente-Maritime since 1700.
