#117 famous people from Athis-Mons, many of them athletes
The best known is the French footballer Édouard Duplan, with articles in 14 languages. Second and third on the list are Stéphanie Rist and Georges Minois. Most were born since 1970: 12 of them. The first birth on record is Jean-François Calvé’s, in 1925, and the last Lucie Tumoine’s, in 2003.
What stands out about Athis-Mons’ famous people
What Athis-Mons is known for
Athis-Mons has 2.8× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
When Athis-Mons’ famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 5 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Born in Athis-Mons
Édouard Duplan has articles in 14 languages, Stéphanie Rist in 9 and Georges Minois in 9.
#1Stéphanie Rist
born 1973French politician
Georges Minois
born 1946French historian
Everyone else born in Athis-Mons
Here are 14 more, born from 1925 to 2003.






Pierre Caussat
1931–2019French philosopher and translator (1931–2019)
No one matches both filters.
Famous people from the towns next door
Juvisy-sur-Orge leads the towns around it, with 31 names.
Juvisy-sur-Orge · 1 miEmmanuelle Charpentier & 30 moreGLSavigny-sur-Orge · 2 miGilles Lellouche & 26 more
Villeneuve-le-Roi · 3 miMichèle Alliot-Marie & 7 more
Draveil · 2 miFrédéric Vasseur & 6 moreHBViry-Châtillon · 3 miHouda Benyamina & 4 moreCDVigneux-sur-Seine · 2 miCharlotte Delbo & 2 moreCBOrly · 3 miChristiane Barrier & 1 moreAPAblon-sur-Seine · 2 miAlain PoherQuestions about famous people from Athis-Mons
Who is the most famous person from Athis-Mons?
Édouard Duplan (French footballer) is the best known by our measure: 14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Stéphanie Rist and Georges Minois.
How many famous people were born in Athis-Mons?
17 people born in Athis-Mons have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 26 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 Athis-Mons known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 17. That is 53% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Athis-Mons?
Jean-François Calvé, born in 1925. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.
Who counts as from Athis-Mons?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Athis-Mons 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 (10)
- Édouard Duplan: Richard Mulder, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marylin Pla: K. "bird" N., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lénaëlle Gilleron-Gorry: David W. Carmichael, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Franck Belot: Pierre CASAMITJANA, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hendrik Davi: Lewisiscrazy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Turlan: archive familiale., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Romain Masson: Mathis Benguigui, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emmanuelle Charpentier: Bianca Fioretti, Hallbauer & Fioretti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michèle Alliot-Marie: Remi Jouan ( CaptainHaddock ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Vasseur: Original: Race Service for Ferrari Spa / Derivative work: Danyele, 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.