No famous person born in Lavau is listed yet
Of its neighbours, Troyes, 2 mi away, lists the most: 214, Urbain IV first. No town in Aube lists more than Troyes, with 214. Bar-sur-Aube has the second-longest list in Aube, after Troyes, with 23. 82 of the towns in Aube list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Lavau (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 Lavau yet.
Famous people born near Lavau
Of the towns nearby, Troyes lists the most people: 214.
Troyes · 2 miUrbain IV & 213 moreRASainte-Savine · 3 miRené Alleau & 3 moreDBLa Chapelle-Saint-Luc · 2 miDésiré Briden & 1 moreMAPont-Sainte-Marie · 1 miMarcel ArtelesaJDSaint-Parres-aux-Tertres · 3 miJacques Diebold
Saint-André-les-Vergers · 4 miIvan Gobry
Saint-Julien-les-Villas · 4 miDominique PagnierQuestions about famous people from Lavau
Who counts as from Lavau?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lavau 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 (3)
- Urbain IV: Sailko, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Gobry: Isabelle Lamberto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Pagnier: Locust189, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.