Born in Dijon
Dijon
Commune in Côte-d'Or, France
Dijon as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. French chemical engineer and architect, Algerian and French footballer, French politician): Gustave Eiffel, Mehdi Mostefa, Rémi Delatte and some more.
Celebrities from DijonCelebrities from Dijon
91 Gustave Eiffel
French chemical engineer and architect
*December 15th, 1832 †December 27th, 1923, Paris
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80 Jean-Philippe Rameau
French composer and music theorist (1683–1764)
*September 25th, 1683 †September 12th, 1764, Paris
100 Roger Guillemin
French-American neuroscientist (1924–2024)
*January 11th, 1924 †February 21st, 2024, San Diego
58 Claude Jade
French actress (1948-2006)
*October 8th, 1948 †December 1st, 2006, Boulogne-Billancourt
76 Jacques Bénigne Bossuet
French bishop and theologian (1627-1704)
*September 27th, 1627 †April 12th, 1704, Paris
51 Claude-Louis Navier
French engineer and physicist (1785–1836)
*February 10th, 1785 †August 21st, 1836, Paris 43
Charles the Bold
Last Valois Duke of Burgundy (1433-1477)
*November 10th, 1433 †January 5th, 1477, Nancy
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70
Philip III the Good
As Philip III Duke of Burgundy (1396-1467)
*July 31st, 1396 †June 15th, 1467, Bruges
78 Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau
French chemist and politician (1737-1816)
*January 4th, 1737 †January 2nd, 1816, former 10th arrondissement of Paris
67 Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
French diplomat (1719-1787)
*December 28th, 1719 †February 13th, 1787, Versailles
70
Joseph Jacotot
French teacher and educational philosopher (1770-1840)
*March 4th, 1770 †July 30th, 1840, former 12th arrondissement of Paris 71
Pierre Petit de Julleville
Catholic cardinal (1876-1947)
*November 22nd, 1876 †December 10th, 1947, Rouen 73
Jean Bouhier
French magistrate, jurisconsultus, historian, translator, bibliophile and scholar
*March 16th, 1673 †March 17th, 1746, Dijon 81
Roger Rérolle
French athletics champion
*February 26th, 1909 †December 30th, 1990, Clermont-Ferrand 76
Maurice Charles Pierre Langeron
French mycologist (1874-1950)
*January 3rd, 1874 †June 27th, 1950, Bourg-la-Reine 78
Jean-Jacques Bouhier de Lantenay
French bishop (1666-1744)
*March 14th, 1666 †October 15th, 1744, Dijon 74
Alphonse Legros
French painter, etcher and sculptor (1837-1911)
*May 8th, 1837 †December 8th, 1911, Watford 82
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
French engraver (1770-1852)
*March 12th, 1770 †June 23rd, 1852, Dijon 76
Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano
French statesman and journalist (1763-1839)
*May 1st, 1763 †May 13th, 1839, Paris 58
Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande
French General and Governor of Saint-Domingue
*February 21st, 1735 †April 15th, 1793, Paris 74
Jacques Sauvageot
French politician
*April 16th, 1943 †October 28th, 2017, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital 83
Maurice-Adolphe Gaidon
Roman Catholic bishop (1928-2011)
*January 17th, 1928 †November 14th, 2011, Dijon 68
Françoise Abeille de Keralio
French translator and novelist (1727-1795)
*February 14th, 1727 †May 23rd, 1795, Paris 75
Thoinot Arbeau
French dance manual author and priest (1520-1595)
*March 17th, 1520 †July 23rd, 1595, Langres 83
Virginie Ancelot
French writer and painter (1792-1875)
*March 15th, 1792 †March 20th, 1875, 7th arrondissement of Paris 38
Jean-Marc Boivin
French multiple extreme sports participant
*April 6th, 1951 †February 17th, 1990, Angel Falls 34
Claudius James Rich
British business agent, traveller and antiquarian (1787-1821)
*March 28th, 1787 †October 5th, 1821, Shiraz 75
Jean Mairey
French official and resistance fighter
*August 9th, 1907 †October 19th, 1982, MontbardBirthdays of famous people
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