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Famous people · Mondeville, Calvados

Mondeville is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Jean Vallée, the French film director, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The only other name is the French writer Gisèle Guillemot. Go 2 mi to Caen and the list grows to 366, with Daniel François Esprit Auber at the top. The oldest name on the list belongs to Jean Vallée, born in 1899, the newest to Gisèle Guillemot, born in 1922.

#2 best knownGisèle GuillemotWriting & Arts · 1922–2013
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean Vallée
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1899
Jean Vallée
Youngest
1922
Gisèle Guillemot
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known

Born in Mondeville

JV#1
Film, TV & Stage

Jean Vallée

1899–1979

French film director (1899-1979)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Gisèle Guillemot#2
Writing & Arts

Gisèle Guillemot

1922–2013

French writer

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for

What Mondeville is known for

1 of them work in Film, TV & Stage, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Nearby, Caen has the most on record, with 366.

Questions about famous people from Mondeville

Who is the most famous person from Mondeville?

Jean Vallée (French film director (1899-1979)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gisèle Guillemot.

How many famous people were born in Mondeville?

2 people born in Mondeville have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Mondeville known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mondeville?

Jean Vallée, born in 1899. The youngest on the list was born in 1922.

Who counts as from Mondeville?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mondeville 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)

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.