Le Chautay has no famous person on record yet
The nearest list is in Nevers, 8 mi away: 108 names, starting with Roselyne Bachelot. Across Cher, 79 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Cher belongs to Bourges, with 168. After Bourges, the next longest list in Cher is Vierzon’s, with 40.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Chautay (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 Chautay yet.
Famous people born near Le Chautay
Of the towns around it, Nevers has the most on record: 108.
Questions about famous people from Le Chautay
Who counts as from Le Chautay?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Chautay 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)
- Martine Leguille-Balloy: Jean-Luc Hauser, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Miguel Martinez: Marcigny71, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriel Gravier: Alexandre Quinet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Manuel Sanchez: Serge Ottaviani, 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.