Photo: Olybrius · CC BY-SA 3.0Next door to Grigny, Évry-Courcouronnes lists 33 famous people
Of the famous people on record, none was born in Grigny. Across Essonne, the lists cover 71 towns. The longest list in Essonne is Longjumeau’s, with 52 names. After Longjumeau, the next longest list in Essonne is Étampes’, with 40.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Grigny (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Grigny as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Grigny
Close by, the fullest list is Évry-Courcouronnes’, at 33 names.
Évry-Courcouronnes · 3 miMedhi Benatia & 32 more
Juvisy-sur-Orge · 3 miEmmanuelle Charpentier & 30 moreGLSavigny-sur-Orge · 3 miGilles Lellouche & 26 more
Ris-Orangis · 1 miSébastien Haller & 19 more
Draveil · 2 miFrédéric Vasseur & 6 moreHBViry-Châtillon · 1 miHouda Benyamina & 4 moreJBMorsang-sur-Orge · 2 miJean-Paul Le Bris
Villemoisson-sur-Orge · 3 miDominique JolyQuestions about famous people from Grigny
Who counts as from Grigny?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Grigny 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 (5)
- Medhi Benatia: Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emmanuelle Charpentier: Bianca Fioretti, Hallbauer & Fioretti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sébastien Haller: Miensah02, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Vasseur: Original: Race Service for Ferrari Spa / Derivative work: Danyele, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Joly: ArnaudJoly, 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.