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Grenoble (fra)

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Grenoble ranks 467th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Aberdeen, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and Lund. Memorable people born in Grenoble include Stendhal, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, and Henri Fantin-Latour. Memorable people who died in Grenoble include Francisco Cepeda, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, and François-Marie Raoult. Grenoble has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many cyclists, and racing drivers. Grenoble is located in France.

Grenoble is the prefecture and largest city of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. It was the capital of the Dauphiné historical province and lies where the river Drac flows into the Isère at the foot of the French Alps. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1682 and 1995, Grenoble was the birth place of 29 globally memorable people, including Stendhal, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, and Henri Fantin-Latour. Additionaly, 8 globally memorable people have passed away in Grenoble including Francisco Cepeda, Johnny Servoz-Gavin, and François-Marie Raoult.

People Born in Grenoble

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People Deceased in Grenoble

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Grenoble were politicians (4), soccer players (4), writers (3), philosophers (2), and painters (2),  while most who died were cyclists (1), racing drivers (1), chemists (1), writers (1), and religious figures (1).

Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Grenoble, including Rafik Djebbour, Yannis Tafer, and Ruben Aguilar. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Grenoble, including Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Antoine Barnave, and Casimir Pierre Périer.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 18 globally memorable people born in Grenoble since 1700.