Next door to Verdilly, Château-Thierry lists 22 famous people
So far, no famous person on record was born in Verdilly. In Aisne, 151 towns have someone on the list. No town in Aisne lists more than Saint-Quentin, with 138. Laon has the second-longest list in Aisne, after Saint-Quentin, with 80.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Verdilly (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Verdilly yet.
Famous people born near Verdilly
Château-Thierry leads the towns around it, with 22 names.
Questions about famous people from Verdilly
Who counts as from Verdilly?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Verdilly 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 (4)
- Jean de La Fontaine: Henri Millot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Nicolas Ledoux: Martin Drolling, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Corlieu: Victor Rose, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Claudel: Plombelec, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.