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Angers ranks 457th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Cali, Wilmington, Delaware, and Frederiksberg. Memorable people born in Angers include Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Jean Bodin, and Robert I of France. Memorable people who died in Angers include Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, Albinus of Angers, and Raymond Kopa. Angers has been the birth place of many politicians, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Angers is located in France.

Angers is a city in western France, about 300 km (190 mi) southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the province are called Angevins or, more rarely, Angeriens. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 860 and 2003, Angers was the birth place of 33 globally memorable people, including Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Jean Bodin, and Robert I of France. Additionaly, 13 globally memorable people have passed away in Angers including Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, Albinus of Angers, and Raymond Kopa.

People Born in Angers

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Angers were politicians (9), writers (4), chemists (2), composers (2), and actors (2),  while most who died were politicians (5), religious figures (2), writers (2), biologists (1), and soccer players (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Angers, including Mickaël Pagis, and Jessica Houara. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Angers, including Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Robert I of France, and Fulk, King of Jerusalem.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 14 globally memorable people born in Angers since 1700.