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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

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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).

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.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 21 globally memorable people born in Toulouse since 1700.