#1Sports
Tony Gallopin
born 1988French road bicycle racer
23 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Dourdan, Essonne
16 famous people come from Dourdan, Tony Gallopin the best known
The best known is the French road bicycle racer Tony Gallopin, with articles in 23 languages. The list runs from Marie Poussepin, born in 1653, to Paul-Loup Chatin, born in 1991. Since 1970, 7 were born, the most of any period. Per head, the list is long: 14 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Essonne has 0.3.
Born here
16
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Tony Gallopin
23 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1653
Marie Poussepin
Youngest
1991
Paul-Loup Chatin
Most common field
Sports
4 people
What stands out about Dourdan’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Dourdan’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicBusinessScience & MedicineMilitaryNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Dourdan
The three are covered in 23, 14 and 10 languages: Tony Gallopin, David Carreira and Marie Poussepin.
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#2Music
David Carreira
born 1991Portuguese singer, actor and model
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Business
Marie Poussepin
1653–1744French Dominican and founder of Dominican Sisters of Charity of the Presentation
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Dourdan is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.3 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Dourdan
The rest number 13, with 4 leaders among them.
Pierre Vedye Roger
1760–1825French politician and magistrate (1760-1825)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Étampes · 9 miÉtienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & 39 more
Étréchy · 8 miMaurice Dormann & 3 more
Bruyères-le-Châtel · 9 miMaurice Ourry & 1 moreAVMorigny-Champigny · 10 miAmédée de Viart & 1 morePLSaint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines · 5 miPierre François LaslierGVSaint-Chéron · 5 miGeorges Vian
Limours · 8 miChristopher Six
Briis-sous-Forges · 9 miLéon de MontesquiouQuestions about famous people from Dourdan
Who is the most famous person from Dourdan?
Tony Gallopin (French road bicycle racer) is the best known by our measure: 23 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come David Carreira and Marie Poussepin.
How many famous people were born in Dourdan?
16 people born in Dourdan have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 25 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 Dourdan known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 16. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dourdan?
Marie Poussepin, born in 1653. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.
Who counts as from Dourdan?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Dourdan 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 (15)
- Tony Gallopin: Cs-wolves, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Carreira: SIC, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie Poussepin: Benito Pérez Galdós, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mickael Carreira: Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul-Loup Chatin: Henry Mineur, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger-Maurice Bonnet: Guy Lebègue, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Cadiou: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emilia Roig: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Gillot: Chris93, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Audiard: Scifilover1979, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: Ambroise Tardieu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Dormann: Agence Meurisse (domaine public, voir notice détaillée), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Ourry: Lhéritier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Six: Catteridge, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Léon de Montesquiou: Maurice Joron (1883-1937), 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.