No one born in Janvry has made the famous people list yet
Orsay, 4 mi away, has 14 on its list, the best known Bilal Hassani. 71 of the towns in Essonne list at least one person. No town in Essonne lists more than Longjumeau, with 52. After Longjumeau, the next longest list in Essonne is Étampes’, with 40.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Janvry (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 Janvry yet.
Famous people born near Janvry
Close by, Orsay counts 14 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Janvry
Who counts as from Janvry?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Janvry 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)
- Thierry Henry: Web Summit, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Ourry: Lhéritier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Léon de Montesquiou: Maurice Joron (1883-1937), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Six: Catteridge, 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.