List of Famous people born in Grand Est, France

Xavier Bertrand

First Name Xavier
Last Name Bertrand
Born on March 21, 1965 (age 58)
Born in France, Grand Est

Xavier René Louis Bertrand is a French politician who has been serving as president of the regional council of Hauts-de-France since the 2015 regional elections.

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Karine Le Marchand

Karine Mfayokurera
First Name Karine
Born on August 16, 1968 (age 54)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Karine Le Marchand, is a French television host.

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Guy Georges

Guy Rampillon
First Name Guy
Last Name Georges
Born on October 15, 1962 (age 60)
Born in France, Grand Est

Guy Georges is a French serial killer, dubbed The Beast of the Bastille, who was convicted of murdering seven women between 1991 and 1997.

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Vitaa

Charlotte Gonin
Born in France, Grand Est

Charlotte Gonin, known by her stage name Vitaa, is a French singer.

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Alain Schmitt

First Name Alain
Born on November 2, 1983 (age 39)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 176 cm | 5'9

Alain Schmitt is a French judoka.

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Isabelle Nanty

Isabelle Marie-Josée Nanty
First Name Isabelle
Last Name Nanty
Born on January 21, 1962 (age 61)
Born in France, Grand Est

Isabelle Nanty is a French actress, film and theatre director and screenwriter.

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Arsène Wenger

Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger

Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger is a French former football manager and player. He is currently FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development. He was the manager of Arsenal from 1996 to 2018, where he was the longest-serving and most successful in the club's history. His contribution to English football through changes to scouting, players' training, and diet regimens revitalised Arsenal and aided the globalisation of the sport in the 21st century.

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Thierry Mugler

First Name Thierry
Last Name Mugler
Born on December 23, 1948 (age 74)
Born in France, Grand Est

Manfred Thierry Mugler is a French fashion designer.

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Delphine Wespiser

First Name Delphine
Last Name Wespiser
Born on January 3, 1992 (age 31)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Delphine Wespiser is a French model, television presenter and politician. She is a beauty pageant titleholder who was elected Miss Haut-Rhin 2011, Miss Alsace 2011 and Miss France 2012.

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David Cage

First Name David
Last Name Cage
Born on June 9, 1969 (age 53)
Born in France, Grand Est

David De Gruttola, known by his pseudonym David Cage, is a French video game designer, writer and musician. He is the founder of the game development studio Quantic Dream. Cage both wrote and directed the video games Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls for the PlayStation 3, and Detroit: Become Human for the PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows.

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Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

Patrick Poivre
First Name Patrick
Last Name D'Arvor
Born on September 20, 1947 (age 75)
Born in France, Grand Est

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed "PPDA". With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he was one of the longest serving newsreaders in the world until he was fired in 2008. He presented his last newscast on TF1 on 10 July 2008.

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Houcine Camara

First Name Houcine
Born in France, Grand Est

Houcine Camara or just Houcine, is a French singer.

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M. Pokora

Matthieu Tota
First Name M.
Last Name Pokora
Born on September 26, 1985 (age 37)
Born in France, Grand Est

Matthieu Tota, commonly known as M. Pokora or Matt Pokora, is a French singer and songwriter. In 2016, he became a coach for The Voice Kids France and The Voice: la plus belle voix.

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Michel Fourniret

Michel Paul Fourniret
First Name Michel
Last Name Fourniret
Born on April 4, 1942
Died on May 10, 2021 (aged 79)
Born in France, Grand Est

Michel Paul Fourniret, also known as the Ogre of the Ardennes, is a French serial killer who confessed to killing twelve people in France and Belgium between 1987 and 2003. After he was arrested in June 2003 for the attempted kidnapping of a girl in Ciney, Fourniret confessed to killing nine people—eight females and one male—in 2004, having been informed on by his then-wife, Monique Pierrette Olivier. Fourniret was convicted of seven of these murders on 28 May 2008 and sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole, while Olivier was given life with a minimum term of 28 years for complicity.

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Aurélie Filippetti

First Name Aurélie
Born on June 17, 1973 (age 49)
Born in France, Grand Est

Aurélie Filippetti is a French politician and novelist of Italian descent. She served as French Minister of Culture and Communications from 2012 until 2014, first in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault and then in the government of Manuel Valls.

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Valérie Donzelli

First Name Valérie
Last Name Donzelli
Born on March 2, 1973 (age 50)
Born in France, Grand Est

Valérie Donzelli is a French actress, filmmaker and screenwriter. She has directed five feature films and two short films since 2008, including the film Declaration of War (2011).

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Michel Platini

Michel François Platini
First Name Michel
Last Name Platini
Born on June 21, 1955 (age 67)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Michel François Platini is a French former football player, manager and administrator. As the president of UEFA in 2015 he was banned from football, over ethics violations. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Platini won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1983, 1984 and 1985, and came seventh in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. In recognition of his achievements, he was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1985 and became an Officier in 1998.

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Sébastien Loeb

First Name Sébastien
Last Name Loeb
Born on February 26, 1974 (age 49)
Born in France, Grand Est
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Sébastien Loeb is a French professional rally, racing, and rallycross driver. He competed for the Citroën World Rally Team in the World Rally Championship (WRC) and is the most successful driver in WRC history, having won the world championship a record 9 times in a row. He holds several other WRC records, including most event wins, most podium finishes and most stage wins. Loeb announced his retirement from World Rallying at the end of the 2012 season. Participating in selected events in the 2013 WRC season, he raced a full season in the FIA GT Series driving a McLaren MP4-12C before moving on with Citroën to the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2014. In the 2018 season he is one of the official drivers of the Team Peugeot Total.

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Pio Marmaï

First Name Pio
Last Name Marmaï
Born on July 13, 1984 (age 38)
Born in France, Grand Est

Pio Marmaï is a French actor. He has appeared in more than twenty films since 2008.

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Virginie Despentes

First Name Virginie
Born on June 13, 1969 (age 53)
Born in France, Grand Est

Virginie Despentes is a French writer, novelist and filmmaker.

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