#1Film, TV & Stage
Michel Serrault
1928–2007French actor (1928–2007)
42 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Brunoy, Essonne
Performers stand out among the 8 famous people born in Brunoy
At the top of the list is the French actor Michel Serrault, covered in 42 languages. Second place goes to the French animator and filmmaker Olivier Jean-Marie, third to François Lamy. Most were born between 1914 and 1969: 5 of them. Numance Bouel, born in 1824, is the earliest name and Olivier Jean-Marie, born in 1960, the latest.
Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Michel Serrault
42 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1824
Numance Bouel
Youngest
1960
Olivier Jean-Marie
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
4 people
What stands out about Brunoy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Brunoy is known for
Performers stand out most, at 5.9 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Brunoy
Ranked by languages covered: Michel Serrault with 42, then Olivier Jean-Marie with 15 and François Lamy with 8.
#1OJ#2
Film, TV & Stage
Olivier Jean-Marie
1960–2021French animator and filmmaker (1960–2021)
15 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Politics & Law
François Lamy
born 1959French politician
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years
When Brunoy’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1870s come out on top, with 2 births.
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brunoy
Of the other 5, 2 are performers.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
DPVillecresnes · 2 miDidier Pironi & 6 moreGHMontgeron · 2 miGeorges Hatz & 4 moreCDVigneux-sur-Seine · 4 miCharlotte Delbo & 2 moreAFYerres · 1 miAlfred Xavier de La Douespe du Fougerais & 1 moreASBoussy-Saint-Antoine · 2 miAndré Dunoyer de Segonzac & 1 moreBLMandres-les-Roses · 2 miBruno Luzi & 1 moreBHCrosne · 2 miBernard Hugo & 1 moreHBÉpinay-sous-Sénart · 1 miHalimatou Bah
Questions about famous people from Brunoy
Who is the most famous person from Brunoy?
Michel Serrault (French actor (1928–2007)) is the best known by our measure: 42 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Olivier Jean-Marie and François Lamy.
How many famous people were born in Brunoy?
8 people born in Brunoy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 14 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 Brunoy known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 4 of the 8. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brunoy?
Numance Bouel, born in 1824. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.
Who counts as from Brunoy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brunoy 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)
- Michel Serrault: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Lamy: English, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanne Grumbach: inconnu (Pathé), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Numance Bouel: Maurice Eliot, Public domain, 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.