Trayes has yet to put a famous person on the list
Just 11 mi away, Parthenay’s list holds 19 names, Michel Hervé the best known. In Deux-Sèvres, 69 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in Deux-Sèvres is Niort’s, with 126 names. Thouars has the second-longest list in Deux-Sèvres, after Niort, with 29.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Trayes (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 Trayes yet.
Famous people born near Trayes
The neighbour with the most names is Parthenay, at 19.
Questions about famous people from Trayes
Who counts as from Trayes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Trayes 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)
- Michel Hervé: Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clémence Guetté: Claire Jacquin, CC BY 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.