No famous person yet from Sainte-Marie
For more famous names, Montbéliard is 5 mi away: its list has 83, led by René Thom. Besançon’s 407 names make the longest list in Doubs. Across Doubs, the lists cover 117 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sainte-Marie (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 Sainte-Marie yet.
Famous people born near Sainte-Marie
Of the towns around it, Montbéliard has the most on record: 83.
Montbéliard · 5 miRené Thom & 82 more
Héricourt · 5 miJean-Luc Lagarce & 20 more
Valentigney · 7 miJules Goux & 7 moreJVGrand-Charmont · 6 miJean Vernier & 1 more
Exincourt · 6 miJacques Fatton & 1 moreMJSochaux · 6 miMichel Jacques & 1 moreGGL'Isle-sur-le-Doubs · 7 miGaspard Grésly & 1 more
Mandeure · 7 miFrédéric Macler & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Sainte-Marie
Who counts as from Sainte-Marie?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sainte-Marie 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?
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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)
- René Thom: Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Luc Lagarce: Babelio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Goux: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Fatton: Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Macler: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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