Born in Besançon

Besançon

Commune in Doubs, France

Besançon as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. French novelist, poet, and dramatist (1802–1885), French-Swiss film director and actress, French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809–1865)): Victor Hugo, Ursula Meier, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and some more.

Celebrities from Besançon

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Celebrities from Besançon

Victor Hugo: Age & Birthday

83

Victor Hugo

French novelist, poet, and dramatist (1802–1885)

*February 26th, 1802 †May 22nd, 1885, Paris

Ursula Meier: Age & Birthday

52

Ursula Meier

French-Swiss film director and actress

*June 24th, 1971

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon: Age & Birthday

56

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809–1865)

*January 15th, 1809 †January 19th, 1865, Passy

64

Jean de Gribaldy

French cyclist

*July 18th, 1922 †January 2nd, 1987, Voray-sur-l'Ognon

Laurent Grandguillaume: Age & Birthday

46

Laurent Grandguillaume

French politician

*January 20th, 1978

Hilaire de Chardonnet: Age & Birthday

84

Hilaire de Chardonnet

French engineer

*May 1st, 1839 †March 11th, 1924, Paris

41

Rémi Mathis

French historian and librarian

*November 20th, 1982

45

Arnaud Maire

French footballer

*March 6th, 1979

36

Morgan Kneisky

French cyclist

*August 31st, 1987

38

Aurore Jéan

French cross-country skier

*June 25th, 1985

Raymond Blanc: Age & Birthday

74

Raymond Blanc

French chef

*November 19th, 1949

50

Bea Johnson

Franco-American environmentalist

*January 1st, 1974

65

Charles Fourier

French utopian socialist and philosopher

*April 7th, 1772 †October 10th, 1837, Paris

François Piquemal: Age & Birthday

39

François Piquemal

French politician

*December 28th, 1984

Charles Nodier: Age & Birthday

63

Charles Nodier

French author (1780–1844)

*April 29th, 1780 †January 27th, 1844, Paris

Claude Lorius: Age & Birthday

91

Claude Lorius

French climatologist

*February 27th, 1932 †March 21st, 2023, Charnay-lès-Mâcon

Jean-Louis Fousseret: Age & Birthday

77

Jean-Louis Fousseret

French politician

*December 23rd, 1946

Caroline Mani: Age & Birthday

37

Caroline Mani

French bicycle racer

*January 18th, 1987

Mina Agossi: Age & Birthday

52

Mina Agossi

French singer-songwriter and songwriter

*January 6th, 1972

Auguste Lumière: Age & Birthday

91

Auguste Lumière

French inventor

*October 19th, 1862 †April 10th, 1954, Lyon

Charles Lebouc: Age & Birthday

70

Charles Lebouc

French cellist (1822-1893)

*December 22nd, 1822 †March 6th, 1893, Hyères

Tristan Bernard: Age & Birthday

81

Tristan Bernard

French playwright

*September 7th, 1866 †December 7th, 1947, 7th arrondissement of Paris

Vanessa Guide: Age & Birthday

35

Vanessa Guide

French actress

*March 21st, 1989

Claude Lecourbe: Age & Birthday

56

Claude Lecourbe

French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1759-1815)

*February 22nd, 1759 †October 22nd, 1815, Belfort

Jean Gigoux: Age & Birthday

88

Jean Gigoux

French painter (1806-1894)

*January 8th, 1806 †December 11th, 1894, Besançon

Aurélien Faivre: Age & Birthday

45

Aurélien Faivre

Footballer

*June 22nd, 1978

Damien Jouillerot: Age & Birthday

38

Damien Jouillerot

French actor

*September 23rd, 1985

30

Laura Glauser

French handball player

*August 20th, 1993

Ophélie Bau: Age & Birthday

31

Ophélie Bau

French actress

*July 29th, 1992

70

Brigitte Métra

French architect

*March 25th, 1954

Bertrand Moingeon: Age & Birthday

56

Bertrand Moingeon

French academic

*August 24th, 1964 †October 21st, 2020

61

Philippe Cassard

French pianist

*September 12th, 1962

43

Benoît Dorémus

French singer-songwriter

*May 20th, 1980

84

Jean-François Laguionie

French animator and film director

*October 4th, 1939

44

Gaspard Augé

French musician

*May 21st, 1979

76

Alexandre Mathis

French film critic, photographer, and film director

*February 29th, 1948

35

Jean-Charles Valladont

French archer

*March 20th, 1989

78

Christian-Marie Monnot

French journalist

*November 14th, 1945

29

Sarah Vaisse

French swimmer

*January 25th, 1995

51

Olivier Balez

French comics artist

*September 14th, 1972

82

Philippe Bender

French conductor

*February 25th, 1942

40

Khedafi Djelkhir

Boxer

*October 26th, 1983

45

Raphaëlle Tervel

French handball player

*April 21st, 1979

35

Maxime Chataignier

French speed skater

*September 15th, 1988

65

Jean-Denys Choulet

French basketball coach

*October 16th, 1958

73

Christian Spitz

French pediatrician, radio host and television presenter

*July 4th, 1950

69

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle

Burgundian advisor to Margaret of Parma, later cardinal, and minister of the Spanish Habsburgs

*August 20th, 1517 †September 21st, 1586, Madrid

81

Jean Mairet

French dramatist

*May 10th, 1604 †January 31st, 1686, Besançon

72

Louis-Philippe-Joseph Girod de Vienney, baron de Trémont

French official (1779-1852)

*October 2nd, 1779 †July 1st, 1852, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

75

Maurice-Louis Dubourg

French Catholic priest

*August 8th, 1878 †January 31st, 1954, Besançon

Eugène Revillout: Age & Birthday

69

Eugène Revillout

French egyptologist

*May 2nd, 1843 †January 16th, 1913, Paris

75

Norbert Eschmann

Swiss footballer (1933-2009)

*September 19th, 1933 †May 13th, 2009, Lausanne

54

André Bloch

French mathematician (1893–1948)

*November 20th, 1893 †October 11th, 1948, Paris

46

Claude François Joseph Auxiron

French economist

*May 31st, 1731 †March 27th, 1778, Paris

69

Arnold Lucien Montandon

French entomologist

*November 26th, 1852 †March 1st, 1922, Cernavodă

73

Édouard Baille

French painter (1814-1888)

*October 14th, 1814 †May 22nd, 1888, Besançon

64

Jean Claude Eugène Péclet

French physicist (1793-1857)

*February 10th, 1793 †December 6th, 1857, former 11th arrondissement of Paris

66

Paul Krôn

French painter (1869-1936)

*March 18th, 1869 †January 17th, 1936, Paris

38

Antoine-François Momoro

Publisher during the French Revolution

*January 1st, 1756 †March 24th, 1794, Paris

85

Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard

French writer (1734-1817)

*January 15th, 1732 †July 20th, 1817, Paris

90

Robert Marie Jean Victor de Chevigny

French-born Roman Catholic bishop of Mauritania

*August 2nd, 1920 †June 11th, 2011, Chevilly-Larue

77

Jean Frontard

Geotechnical engineer

*March 4th, 1884 †January 3rd, 1962, Clichy

73

Jean-Marc Nudant

French politician (1942-2015)

*January 20th, 1942 †September 15th, 2015, Dijon

71

Jean Charroppin

French politician

*May 30th, 1938 †October 6th, 2009, Lons-le-Saunier

83

Max d'Ollone

French composer

*June 13th, 1875 †May 15th, 1959, Paris

83

Louis Lumière

French inventor

*October 5th, 1864 †June 6th, 1948, Bandol

85

Albert Vandel

French biologist (1894-1980)

*December 26th, 1894 †October 11th, 1980, Toulouse

68

Michel Blavet

French flutist and composer (1700-1768)

*February 28th, 1700 †October 28th, 1768, Paris

66

Jean Claude Eléonore de Michaud d ́ Arçon

French politician (1733-1800)

*November 18th, 1733 †July 1st, 1800, Paris

46

Pierre-Marie-Charles de Bernard du Grail de la Villette

French author

*February 24th, 1804 †March 6th, 1850, Neuilly-sur-Seine

53

Armand Barthet

French journalist, poet, playwright and writer

*April 15th, 1820 †February 14th, 1874, Ivry-sur-Seine

81

André Zeller

French arny general

*January 1st, 1898 †September 18th, 1979, 15th arrondissement of Paris

75

Émile Isenbart

French painter (1846-1921)

*March 3rd, 1846 †March 21st, 1921, Besançon

78

Janine Andrade

French violinist (1918-1997)

*November 13th, 1918 †October 24th, 1997, Levallois-Perret

66

Philippe Fouchard

French jurist (1937-2004)

*February 5th, 1937 †January 3rd, 2004, Sharm el-Sheikh

395

Jean-Baptiste Mareschal

*December 28th, 1628

60

Sylvain Matrisciano

French association football player

*July 6th, 1963

34

Jonas Martin

French association football player

*April 9th, 1990

41

Ludovic Golliard

Footballer

*March 13th, 1983

39

Pierre Bourliaud

French canoeist

*March 4th, 1985

28

Guillaume Leclerc

French ice hockey player

*February 20th, 1996

26

Axel Auriant

French actor and drummer

*January 1st, 1998

52

Morrade Hakkar

French boxer

*January 19th, 1972

22

Rassoul Ndiaye

Senegalese and French footballer

*December 11th, 2001

33

Guillaume Dequaire

French association football player

*July 11th, 1990

55

David Brisseault

Olympic javelin thrower

*January 1st, 1969

21

Romain Grégoire

French cyclist

*January 21st, 2003

85

Pierre Quatrepoint

*July 21st, 1932 †June 26th, 2018, Saint-Mandé

22

Allan Tchaptchet

Cameroonian and French footballer

*December 21st, 2001

36

Robin Previtali

French footballer

*June 5th, 1987

37

Wilfrid Coulot

French male curler and coach

*June 25th, 1986

45

Sébastien Fidani

French association football player

*August 4th, 1978

73

Jean-Louis Léonard

French politician

*July 24th, 1950

56

François Prévôt-Leygonie

French actor, playwright, film director and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1967

50

Yves Barbier

*December 1st, 1893 †August 19th, 1944

80

Jules Tissot

*February 17th, 1870 †June 17th, 1950

100

Marcelle de Lacour

Harpsichordist

*November 6th, 1896 †March 24th, 1997, Paris

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