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Famous people · Marsanne, Drôme

Marsanne counts 2 famous people, first among them Émile Loubet

Émile Loubet is the best known, with articles in 56 languages. The other is Maurice Michel, the French politician. The nearest list is in Montélimar, 9 mi away: 66 names, starting with Charles Pic. Over 66 years of births, the list goes from Émile Loubet (1838) to Maurice Michel (1904).

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Émile Loubet
56 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1838
Émile Loubet
Youngest
1904
Maurice Michel
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people

What stands out about Marsanne’s famous people

★ What stands out · The best known

Born in Marsanne

ÉL#1
Politics & Law

Émile Loubet

1838–1929

8th president of France (1838–1929)

56 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MM#2
Politics & Law

Maurice Michel

1904–1984

French politician

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
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Questions about famous people from Marsanne

Who is the most famous person from Marsanne?

Émile Loubet (8th president of France (1838–1929)) is the best known by our measure: 56 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Maurice Michel.

How many famous people were born in Marsanne?

2 people born in Marsanne have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Marsanne known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Marsanne?

Émile Loubet, born in 1838. The youngest on the list was born in 1904.

Who counts as from Marsanne?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Marsanne 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)

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.