Chatignonville has yet to put a famous person on the list
Étampes, 11 mi off, can claim 40 famous people, the best known Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. No town in Essonne lists more than Longjumeau, with 52. Across Essonne, 71 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chatignonville (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 Chatignonville yet.
Famous people born near Chatignonville
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Étampes · 11 miÉtienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & 39 more
Dourdan · 6 miTony Gallopin & 15 more
Étréchy · 12 miMaurice Dormann & 3 moreMVGallardon · 12 miMichel Vovelle & 1 moreAVMorigny-Champigny · 12 miAmédée de Viart & 1 morePLSaint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines · 7 miPierre François Laslier
Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien · 8 miMaurice FanonGVSaint-Chéron · 11 miGeorges VianQuestions about famous people from Chatignonville
Who counts as from Chatignonville?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chatignonville 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)
- Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: Ambroise Tardieu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tony Gallopin: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Dormann: Agence Meurisse (domaine public, voir notice détaillée), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Fanon: JPRoche, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.