No famous person from Payns yet, but Troyes next door has 214
Troyes has the most of any town in Aube: 214. After Troyes, the next longest list in Aube is Bar-sur-Aube’s, with 23. Famous people are on record for 82 of the towns in Aube. The best known born in Troyes is Urbain IV.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Payns (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Payns as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Payns
Close by, the fullest list is Troyes’, at 214 names.
Troyes · 7 miUrbain IV & 213 moreRASainte-Savine · 7 miRené Alleau & 3 moreDBLa Chapelle-Saint-Luc · 6 miDésiré Briden & 1 moreMAPont-Sainte-Marie · 7 miMarcel Artelesa
Saint-André-les-Vergers · 8 miIvan GobryJDSaint-Parres-aux-Tertres · 9 miJacques Diebold
Saint-Julien-les-Villas · 9 miDominique PagnierQuestions about famous people from Payns
Who counts as from Payns?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Payns 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.