No one from Le Grand-Madieu is on the famous people list yet
Émile Roux heads the list in Confolens, 12 mi away, which has 17 names. Across Charente, 98 towns list someone born there. No town in Charente lists more than Angoulême, with 136. After Angoulême, the next longest list in Charente is Cognac’s, with 44.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Grand-Madieu (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 Le Grand-Madieu yet.
Famous people born near Le Grand-Madieu
The longest list nearby is Confolens’, with 17.
Questions about famous people from Le Grand-Madieu
Who counts as from Le Grand-Madieu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Grand-Madieu 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 (2)
- Émile Roux: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yvonne Chollet: Madelgarius, Public domain, 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.