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Famous people · Saint-Marcel, Ardennes

Saint-Marcel has just one famous person to its name: Thierry Guichard

The French athletics competitor Thierry Guichard was born in 1960. Their birth falls between 1914 and 1969. An article about them exists in one language. Arthur Rimbaud heads the list in Charleville-Mézières, 7 mi away, which has 120 names.

Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Thierry Guichard
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1960
Thierry Guichard
The best known

Born in Saint-Marcel

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Thierry Guichard

born 1960

French athletics competitor (born 1960)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Questions about famous people from Saint-Marcel

Who is the most famous person from Saint-Marcel?

Thierry Guichard (French athletics competitor (born 1960)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Saint-Marcel?

1 people born in Saint-Marcel have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

Who counts as from Saint-Marcel?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Marcel 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).

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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.