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Famous people · Saint-Michel, Charente

Saint-Michel is the birthplace of 2 famous people

With articles in 3 languages, Laura Badler is the most widely known. The list has one more: the French cyclist Mickaël Larpe. The earliest on the list is Mickaël Larpe, born in 1985, and the youngest Laura Badler, born in 1992. Within 2 mi, Angoulême lists the most: 136, with Charles-Augustin Coulomb first.

#1 best knownLaura BadlerFilm, TV & Stage · born 1992
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Laura Badler
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1985
Mickaël Larpe
Youngest
1992
Laura Badler
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known

Born in Saint-Michel

Laura Badler#1
Film, TV & Stage

Laura Badler

born 1992

YouTube personality dealing with trans-identity issues

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Saint-Michel is known for

The field with the most names is Film, TV & Stage: 1.

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

Around it, Angoulême has the most people on record, 136 of them.

Questions about famous people from Saint-Michel

Who is the most famous person from Saint-Michel?

Laura Badler (YouTube personality dealing with trans-identity issues) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Mickaël Larpe.

How many famous people were born in Saint-Michel?

2 people born in Saint-Michel have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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 Saint-Michel 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 Saint-Michel?

Mickaël Larpe, born in 1985. The youngest on the list was born in 1992.

Who counts as from Saint-Michel?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Michel 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 (6)

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.