No one from Gandelu is on the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, Château-Thierry, 10 mi away, lists the most: 22, Jean de La Fontaine first. In Aisne, 151 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in Aisne is Saint-Quentin’s, with 138 names. After Saint-Quentin, the next longest list in Aisne is Laon’s, with 80.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Gandelu (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Gandelu as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Gandelu
Château-Thierry leads the towns around it, with 22 names.
Château-Thierry · 10 miJean de La Fontaine & 21 more
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre · 10 miHenri Ier de Bourbon-Condé & 18 more
Villers-Cotterêts · 12 miAlexandre Dumas & 10 more
Lizy-sur-Ourcq · 9 miAndré-François Breuillaud & 3 more
Charly-sur-Marne · 9 miAuguste Corlieu & 3 moreCNEssômes-sur-Marne · 9 miCharles Henry NératQuestions about famous people from Gandelu
Who counts as from Gandelu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gandelu itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Jean de La Fontaine: Henri Millot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Ier de Bourbon-Condé: anonymous / School of François Clouet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexandre Dumas: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André-François Breuillaud: Bruno27500, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Corlieu: Victor Rose, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.