Famous People Born In Lyon

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Karim Benzema
(French Professional Football Player Who Plays as a Striker)
Karim Benzema
46
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 19, 1987
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 2 
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(French Poet, Author, and Aviator Best Known for His Novella ‘The Little Prince’)
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
13
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 29, 1900
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: July 31, 1944
 3 
Andre Marie Ampere
11
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 20, 1775
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: June 10, 1836
 4 
Alexandre Lacazette
(French Professional Football Forward)
Alexandre Lacazette
13
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 28, 1991
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 5 
Kurt Zouma
(Association football player)
Kurt Zouma
10
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 27, 1994
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 6 
Jean-Michel Jarre
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 24, 1948
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 7 
Yannick Bolasie
(Professional Footballer Who Plays as a Winger)
Yannick Bolasie
12
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 24, 1989
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 8 
Maurice Jarre
(Composer)
Maurice Jarre
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 13, 1924
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: March 28, 2009
 9 
Joseph Marie Jacquard
(Inventor)
Joseph Marie Jacquard
0
Birthdate: July 7, 1752
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: August 7, 1834
 10 
Karen Lancaume
(Adult film actor)
Karen Lancaume
1
Birthdate: January 19, 1973
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: January 28, 2005
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 11 
Yassin Fekir
(Football player)
Yassin Fekir
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 5, 1997
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 12 
Jean-Baptiste Say
(French Economist and Businessman Best Known for 'Say’s Law' Which He Popularized)
Jean-Baptiste Say
1
Birthdate: January 5, 1767
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: November 15, 1832
 13 
Camille Jordan
(Mathematician, Engineer, Professor)
Camille Jordan
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 5, 1838
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: January 22, 1922
 14 
Emile Ntamack
(French Former Rugby Union Footballer)
Emile Ntamack
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 25, 1970
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 15 
Raymond Domenech
(Association football player, Radio personality, Association football manager)
Raymond Domenech
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 24, 1952
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 16 
Nabil Fekir
(Football player)
Nabil Fekir
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 18, 1993
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 17 
Youri Djorkaeff
(Former Footballer attacking midfielder forwarder)
Youri Djorkaeff
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 9, 1968
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 18 
Allan Kardec
(French Educator, Author, and Translator Best Remembered for Writing Five Book Collection Named 'Spiritist Codification')
Allan Kardec
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 3, 1804
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: March 31, 1869
 19 
Farida Khelfa
(Filmmaker)
Farida Khelfa
2
Birthdate: May 23, 1960
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 20 
Marc Bloch
(French Historian and a Founding Member of the 'Annales School of French Social History')
Marc Bloch
2
Birthdate: July 6, 1886
Sun Sign: Cancer
Died: June 16, 1944
 21 
David Charvet
(Actor)
David Charvet
3
Birthdate: May 15, 1972
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 22 
Michèle Girardon
(Actress)
Michèle Girardon
3
Birthdate: August 9, 1938
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: March 25, 1975
 23 
Olivier Panis
(Racing driver)
Olivier Panis
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 2, 1966
Sun Sign: Virgo
 24 
Jean-Marie Leclair
(Violinist)
Jean-Marie Leclair
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: May 10, 1697
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: October 22, 1764
 25 
Natalie Dessay
(Opera Singer Known for Her Portrayal of 'Olympia' in 'The Tales of Hoffmann')
Natalie Dessay
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: April 19, 1965
Sun Sign: Aries
 26 
Savitri Devi
(Spy Who Served the Axis Powers by Committing Acts of Espionage Against the ‘Allied Forces in India')
Savitri Devi
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 30, 1905
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: October 22, 1982
 27 
Clotilde
(Princess)
Clotilde
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 0474 AD
Died: 0545 AD
 28 
Pierre Nanterme
(Businessperson)
Pierre Nanterme
2
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 7, 1959
Sun Sign: Virgo
Died: January 31, 2019
 29 
Eric Abidal
(Footballer)
Eric Abidal
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 11, 1979
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 30 
Abbe Pierre
(French Catholic Priest and Founder of the Emmaus Movement)
Abbe Pierre
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 5, 1912
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: January 22, 2007
 31 
Jean-Claude Trichet
(Economist, Banker)
Jean-Claude Trichet
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 20, 1942
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
 32 
Houssem Aouar
(Football player)
Houssem Aouar
14
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 30, 1998
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 33 
Amixem
(YouTube Star)
Amixem
1
Listed In: YouTubers
Birthdate: March 4, 1991
Sun Sign: Pisces
 34 
Clementine Delauney
(Singer)
Clementine Delauney
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 11, 1987
Sun Sign: Aquarius
 35 
Ludovic Giuly
(Association football player)
Ludovic Giuly
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: July 10, 1976
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 36 
Bertrand Tavernier
(Former director whose film L'Appât won the Golden Bear Award at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival in 1995)
Bertrand Tavernier
2
Birthdate: April 25, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: February 25, 2021
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 37 
Juliette Récamier
(Socialite)
Juliette Récamier
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 3, 1777
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: May 11, 1849
 38 
Céline Tran
(Actress)
Céline Tran
1
Birthdate: April 9, 1979
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 39 
Hector Guimard
(Architect)
Hector Guimard
0
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: March 10, 1867
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: May 20, 1942
 40 
Charles-Marie Widor
(French Organist and Composer Known for His 'Toccata' from the 'Fifth Organ Symphony' Composition)
Charles-Marie Widor
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 21, 1844
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: March 12, 1937
 41 
Philip V of France
(King)
Philip V of France
1
Birthdate: 1293 AD
Died: January 3, 1322
 42 
Odile Rodin
(Actress)
Odile Rodin
0
Birthdate: February 21, 1937
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: December 12, 2018
 43 
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
(Painter)
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
0
Birthdate: December 14, 1824
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Died: October 24, 1898
 44 
Rayan Cherki
(Football player)
Rayan Cherki
12
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: August 17, 2003
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 45 
Sabri Lamouchi
(Association football player, Association football manager)
Sabri Lamouchi
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: November 9, 1971
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 46 
Erik Murphy
(Finnish-American Basketball Player Who Plays as a Power Forward)
Erik Murphy
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 26, 1990
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 6'10" (208 cm)
 47 
Maurice Herzog
(French Administrator and Mountaineer Who Led the Expedition that Scaled the Annapurna Peak for the First Time)
Maurice Herzog
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 15, 1919
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: December 13, 2012
 48 
Marie Dorin Habert
(Retired French Biathlete and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Marie Dorin Habert
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 19, 1986
Sun Sign: Gemini
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 49 
Lucile Hadžihalilović
(Director)
Lucile Hadžihalilović
1
Birthdate: May 7, 1961
Sun Sign: Taurus
 50 
Girard Desargues
(French Mathematician Who was a Founder of Projective Geometry)
Girard Desargues
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 21, 1591
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: August 31, 1661