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Famous people · Revin, Ardennes

13 famous people from Revin, many of them athletes

Yazid Mansouri, the Algerian footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 28 languages. The French mixed martial artist Sofiane Aïssaoui ranks second, ahead of Freddy Bourgeois. The largest group, 6, was born between 1914 and 1969. From Charles René Billuart in 1685 to Toufik Zeghdane in 1992, the births cover 307 years.

#1 best knownYazid MansouriSports · born 1978
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Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Yazid Mansouri
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1685
Charles René Billuart
Youngest
1992
Toufik Zeghdane
Most common field
Sports
7 people

What stands out about Revin’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Revin is known for

Revin has 2.8× the usual share of athletes.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Through the years

When Revin’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1970s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday1700175018001850190019502000Marie-Anne Chapdelaine
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFaithFilm, TV & Stage

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Revin

All three are athletes.

Yazid Mansouri#1
Sports

Yazid Mansouri

born 1978

Algerian footballer

28 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Sofiane Aïssaoui#2
Sports

Sofiane Aïssaoui

born 1991

French mixed martial artist

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FB#3
Sports

Freddy Bourgeois

born 1977

Footballer

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Revin

Another 10, 4 of them athletes.

Marie-Anne Chapdelaine

Marie-Anne Chapdelaine

born 1962

French politician (born 1962)

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
TZ

Toufik Zeghdane

born 1992

French association football player

Éric Guglielmi

Éric Guglielmi

1970–2021

French photojournalist and editor

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
CB

Claude Bouillet

born 1944

French association football player and association football referee

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Nearby, Fumay has the most on record, with 9.

Questions about famous people from Revin

Who is the most famous person from Revin?

Yazid Mansouri (Algerian footballer) is the best known by our measure: 28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Sofiane Aïssaoui and Freddy Bourgeois.

How many famous people were born in Revin?

13 people born in Revin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 18 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Revin known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 13. That is 54% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Revin?

Charles René Billuart, born in 1685. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.

Who counts as from Revin?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Revin 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 (7)

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.