Notable People
- Émile Deschanel, writer and important politician.
- André Maurois (Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog), famous writer of his time.
- Émile Zola, famous writer.
- Marcel Proust, writer, used to go to the Lerossignol fleurist.
- William Taft, president of the United States (1908–1918).
- Cecile, Grand Duchess of Hesse
- Queen Victoria.
- Isabelle II, Queen of Spain.
- Alexandra Fyodorovna, wife to Nikolai II, empress of Russia.
- Roland Garros, famous aviator, who broke the altitude flying record on Houlgate beach.
- Claude Debussy, famous musician.
- Bréguet, aircraft builder, who owned a villa in Houlgate.
- Auguste and Louis Lumière, inventors of the moving cinema, who owned a villa in Houlgate.
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