No famous person from Vailly yet, but Troyes next door has 214
In all of Aube, the famous people on record come from 82 towns. 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. The best known born in Troyes is Urbain IV.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Vailly (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 Vailly yet.
Famous people born near Vailly
The longest list nearby is Troyes’, with 214.
Troyes · 6 miUrbain IV & 213 moreRASainte-Savine · 6 miRené Alleau & 3 moreDBLa Chapelle-Saint-Luc · 5 miDésiré Briden & 1 moreMAPont-Sainte-Marie · 4 miMarcel ArtelesaJDSaint-Parres-aux-Tertres · 5 miJacques Diebold
Saint-Julien-les-Villas · 7 miDominique Pagnier
Saint-André-les-Vergers · 7 miIvan GobryQuestions about famous people from Vailly
Who counts as from Vailly?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vailly 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
- Dominique Pagnier: Locust189, CC BY-SA 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.