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Chartres ranks 812th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fort Wayne, Indiana, Perm, Russia, and Columbus, Georgia. Memorable people born in Chartres include Stephen, Count of Blois, Jacques Pierre Brissot, and Theobald V, Count of Blois. Memorable people who died in Chartres include Fulbert of Chartres, Ivo of Chartres, and John of Salisbury. Chartres has been the birth place of many politicians, and noblemen and the death place of many philosophers, and religious figures. Chartres is located in France.

Chartres is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about 90 km (56 mi) southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 170,763 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Chartres, 38,534 of whom lived in the city (commune) of Chartres proper. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 983 and 1995, Chartres was the birth place of 18 globally memorable people, including Stephen, Count of Blois, Jacques Pierre Brissot, and Theobald V, Count of Blois. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Chartres including Fulbert of Chartres, Ivo of Chartres, and John of Salisbury.

People Born in Chartres

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Chartres were politicians (4), noblemen (3), writers (2), philosophers (2), and astronomers (1),  while most who died were philosophers (2), and religious figures (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Chartres, including Julien Escudé. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Chartres, including Jacques Pierre Brissot, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, and Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 6 globally memorable people born in Chartres since 1700.