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Dijon ranks 298th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pasadena, California, Pyongyang, and Providence, Rhode Island. Memorable people born in Dijon include Gustave Eiffel, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and Charles the Bold. Memorable people who died in Dijon include Claus Sluter, Henri Giraud, and Margaret of Bavaria. Dijon has been the birth place of many writers, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Dijon is located in France.

Dijon is a city in and the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. As of 2017 the commune had a population of 156,920. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1066 and 2003, Dijon was the birth place of 49 globally memorable people, including Gustave Eiffel, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and Charles the Bold. Additionaly, 13 globally memorable people have passed away in Dijon including Claus Sluter, Henri Giraud, and Margaret of Bavaria.

People Born in Dijon

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Dijon were writers (8), politicians (7), athletes (4), engineers (3), and chemists (3),  while most who died were politicians (3), writers (2), sculptors (1), military personnels (1), and inventors (1).

Over the past 100 years, athletes have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Dijon, including Ahmed El-Gendy, Boladé Apithy, and Alexis Miellet. Whereas, throughout history, writers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dijon, including Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, Thoinot Arbeau, and François Pierre La Varenne.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 22 globally memorable people born in Dijon since 1700.