Toulouse
Toulouse ranks 167th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind New Delhi, Basel, and Long Beach, California. Memorable people born in Toulouse include Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Carlos Gardel, and Alaric II. Memorable people who died in Toulouse include Just Fontaine, Paul Sabatier, and Jacques Maritain. Toulouse has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and philosophers. Toulouse is located in France.
Toulouse is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea, 230 km (143 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 680 km (420 mi) from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France after Paris, Marseille and Lyon, with 504,078 inhabitants within its municipal boundaries (2021); its metropolitan area has a population of 1.5 million inhabitants (2021). Toulouse is the central city of one of the 22 metropolitan councils of France. Between the 2014 and 2020 censuses, its metropolitan area was the third fastest growing among metropolitan areas larger than 500,000 inhabitants in France. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 350 and 2002, Toulouse was the birth place of 73 globally memorable people, including Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Carlos Gardel, and Alaric II. Additionaly, 36 globally memorable people have passed away in Toulouse including Just Fontaine, Paul Sabatier, and Jacques Maritain.
People Born in Toulouse
Go to all RankingsRaymond IV, Count of Toulouse
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1045 - 1105
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 1
Carlos Gardel
SINGER
1890 - 1935
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 2
Alaric II
POLITICIAN
458 - 507
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 3
Louis II of Anjou
POLITICIAN
1377 - 1417
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 4
Raymond of Poitiers
POLITICIAN
1115 - 1149
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 5
Jean Dausset
BIOLOGIST
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 6
William X, Duke of Aquitaine
POLITICIAN
1099 - 1137
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 7
Charibert II
POLITICIAN
618 - 632
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 8
Dalmatius
POLITICIAN
350 - 337
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 9
Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol
PHYSICIAN
1772 - 1840
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 10
Peire Vidal
POLITICIAN
1140 - 1205
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 11
Marina Ginestà
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1919 - 2014
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Toulouse
Go to all RankingsFrançois de Troy
PAINTER
1645 - 1730
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 22
Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin
PAINTER
1860 - 1943
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 24
Alexandre Falguière
SCULPTOR
1831 - 1900
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 25
Jacques Cujas
PHILOSOPHER
1522 - 1590
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 27
Laurent Wolf
MUSICIAN
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 46
Camille Razat
ACTOR
1994 - Present
HPI: 34.43
Rank: 51
Léon Marchand
SWIMMER
2002 - Present
HPI: 30.01
Rank: 56
Fabien Audard
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 29.19
Rank: 57
Moos
SINGER
1974 - Present
HPI: 27.89
Rank: 59
Dennis Appiah
SOCCER PLAYER
1992 - Present
HPI: 27.40
Rank: 60
Bafodé Diakité
SOCCER PLAYER
2001 - Present
HPI: 25.33
Rank: 65
Anthony Perez
CYCLIST
1991 - Present
HPI: 24.28
Rank: 66
People Deceased in Toulouse
Go to all RankingsJust Fontaine
SOCCER PLAYER
1933 - 2023
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 1
Paul Sabatier
CHEMIST
1854 - 1941
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 2
Jacques Maritain
PHILOSOPHER
1882 - 1973
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 3
Theodoric II
POLITICIAN
426 - 466
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 4
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
POLITICIAN
1165 - 1218
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 5
Philippe Ariès
WRITER
1914 - 1984
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 6
Thorismund
POLITICIAN
420 - 453
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 7
Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse
POLITICIAN
1156 - 1222
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 8
Roger Whittaker
MUSICIAN
1936 - 2023
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 9
Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse
POLITICIAN
1197 - 1249
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 10
Wallia
POLITICIAN
385 - 418
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 11
Saturnin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
300 - 300
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Toulouse
Go to all RankingsHenri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1595 - 1632
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 19
Pons, Count of Toulouse
NOBLEMAN
997 - 1060
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 20
Francisco Sanches
PHILOSOPHER
1550 - 1623
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 21
Agha Petros
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1880 - 1932
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 31
Michel Subor
ACTOR
1935 - 2022
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 32
Amparo Poch y Gascón
EXTREMIST
1902 - 1968
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 34
Tomás Ó Fiaich
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1923 - 1990
HPI: 35.52
Rank: 36
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Toulouse were soccer players (20), politicians (11), writers (6), athletes (6), and singers (5), while most who died were politicians (12), philosophers (3), religious figures (3), military personnels (3), and noblemen (2).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Toulouse, including Jean Petit, Blaise Matuidi, and Philippe Mexès. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Toulouse, including Jean Petit, Blaise Matuidi, and Philippe Mexès.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 21 globally memorable people born in Toulouse since 1700.