Famous people near Fontaine-les-Grès: 214 in Troyes
No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Fontaine-les-Grès. The longest list in Aube is Troyes’, with 214 names. After Troyes, the next longest list in Aube is Bar-sur-Aube’s, with 23. In all of Aube, the famous people on record come from 82 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Fontaine-les-Grès (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Fontaine-les-Grès as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Fontaine-les-Grès
Around it, Troyes has the most people on record, 214 of them.
Questions about famous people from Fontaine-les-Grès
Who counts as from Fontaine-les-Grès?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Fontaine-les-Grès 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 (2)
- Urbain IV: Sailko, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Gobry: Isabelle Lamberto, 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.