Sèvres
Sèvres ranks 1,469th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Huntington, New York, Nantong, and Arequipa. Memorable people born in Sèvres include Constant Troyon, Léon Brillouin, and Charles Julien Brianchon. Memorable people who died in Sèvres include Charles Édouard Guillaume, Léon Gambetta, and Jean-Pierre Vernant. Sèvres has been the birth place of many soccer players, and painters and the death place of many physicists, and painters. Sèvres is located in France.
Sèvres is a French commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris. It is located 9.9 kilometres from the centre of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region. The commune, which had a population of 23,251 as of 2018, is known for its famous porcelain production at the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, which was also where the Treaty of Sèvres (1920) was signed. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1783 and 2000, Sèvres was the birth place of 10 globally memorable people, including Constant Troyon, Léon Brillouin, and Charles Julien Brianchon. Additionaly, 14 globally memorable people have passed away in Sèvres including Charles Édouard Guillaume, Léon Gambetta, and Jean-Pierre Vernant. Interestingly, more notably known people have passed away in Sèvres than were born there.
People Born in Sèvres
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Constant Troyon
PAINTER
1810 - 1865
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 1
Léon Brillouin
PHYSICIST
1889 - 1969
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2
Charles Julien Brianchon
MATHEMATICIAN
1783 - 1864
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 3
Demba Ba
SOCCER PLAYER
1985 - Present
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 4
Booba
SINGER
1976 - Present
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 5
Karim Ziani
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 6
Andrew Albicy
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1990 - Present
HPI: 31.64
Rank: 7
Issiar Dia
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.86
Rank: 8
Loïc Badé
SOCCER PLAYER
2000 - Present
HPI: 30.12
Rank: 9
David Bellion
SOCCER PLAYER
1982 - Present
HPI: 30.07
Rank: 10
Newly Added People Born in Sèvres
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Charles Édouard Guillaume
PHYSICIST
1861 - 1938
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 1
Léon Gambetta
POLITICIAN
1838 - 1882
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 2
Jean-Pierre Vernant
HISTORIAN
1914 - 2007
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 3
Marie Bracquemond
PAINTER
1840 - 1916
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 4
Jean Carmet
ACTOR
1920 - 1994
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 5
Champfleury
WRITER
1821 - 1889
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 6
Félix Bracquemond
PAINTER
1833 - 1914
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 7
Louise Bryant
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1885 - 1936
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 8
Ole Jacob Broch
PHYSICIST
1818 - 1889
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 9
Henri Duveyrier
EXPLORER
1840 - 1892
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 10
Eugénie Cotton
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1881 - 1967
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 11
Jacques-Joseph Ebelmen
CHEMIST
1814 - 1852
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Sèvres
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CHEMIST
1814 - 1852
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 12
Christine Muzio
ATHLETE
1951 - 2018
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 14
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Sèvres were soccer players (5), painters (1), physicists (1), mathematicians (1), and singers (1), while most who died were physicists (2), painters (2), social activists (2), athletes (2), and politicians (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Sèvres, including Demba Ba, Karim Ziani, and Issiar Dia. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Sèvres, including Demba Ba, Karim Ziani, and Issiar Dia.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 3 globally memorable people born in Sèvres since 1700.
