Surville has no famous person on record yet
A short trip away, Lisieux (11 mi) counts 57 famous people, Nicolas Batum among them. 122 of the towns in Calvados list at least one person. No town in Calvados lists more than Caen, with 366.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Surville (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 Surville yet.
Famous people born near Surville
The most names next door are in Lisieux: 57.
Honfleur · 8 miErik Satie & 35 more
Deauville · 8 miHélène Chanel & 15 moreMPTrouville-sur-Mer · 7 miMonique Pelletier & 14 moreMBPont-l'Évêque · 2 miMaurice Bucaille & 8 more
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur · 7 miFrédéric Le Play & 2 more
Beuzeville · 6 miJohn Batho & 1 moreSBTouques · 6 miSimone BerriauQuestions about famous people from Surville
Who counts as from Surville?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Surville 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 (4)
- Erik Satie: Sonia y natalia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hélène Chanel: Aldo Grimaldi / Claudio Ragona, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Le Play: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John Batho: Omazeaud, 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.