Personalities

As place of birth Bernard Palissy (c. 1510–1590), potter – according to some accounts, he may have been born in Saintes Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540–1609), scholar Pierre Dupuy (1582–1651), scholar Joseph Barsalou (1600–1660), physician Godefroi, Comte d'Estrades (1607–1686), diplomatist and marshal Bernard Germain Étienne comte de La Ville-sur-Illon La Cépède (1756–1825), naturalist Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1780–1846), naturalist Jacques Jasmin (1798–1864), Provençal poet Victor Rabu (1834-1907), architect who built many important churches in Montevideo, Uruguay Joseph Chaumié (1849–1919), politician William Grover-Williams (1903–1945) racer and SOE agent Michel Serres (born 1930), philosopher and author Jacques Sadoul (born 1934), author Jean Cruguet (born 1939), jockey who won the U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Alain Aspect (born 1947), physicist Francis Cabrel (born 1953), singer-songwriter and guitarist Bernard Campan (born 1958), actor and film director Stéphane Rideau (born 1976), actor Aymeric Laporte (born 1994), footballer As residence Nostradamus lived in Agen from 1531 until at least 1534. He was married to a local woman with whom he had two children.