No famous person yet from Montrollet
Go 7 mi to Saint-Junien and the list grows to 21, with Sophie Vouzelaud at the top. In all of Charente, the famous people on record come from 98 towns. The longest list of any town in Charente belongs to 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 Montrollet (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 Montrollet yet.
Famous people born near Montrollet
The most names next door are in Saint-Junien: 21.
Questions about famous people from Montrollet
Who counts as from Montrollet?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Montrollet 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 (5)
- Sophie Vouzelaud: Dinkley, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Roux: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Giraudoux: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul de Rousiers: Paul de Rousiers (16 January 1857 – 28 March 1934), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Hébras: Lagi loco (René J. Laglstorfer), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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