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Famous people · La Ferté-Alais, Essonne

La Ferté-Alais is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Articles in 6 languages make the French engineer Georges Martin the best known. Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont is second and Daniel Pautrat third. Nearby, Milly-la-Forêt, 7 mi away, lists 3, led by Wulfram de Sens. From Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont to Daniel Pautrat, the births on the list run from 1875 to 1938.

#1 best knownGeorges MartinScience & Medicine · 1930–2017
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Georges Martin
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1875
Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont
Youngest
1938
Daniel Pautrat
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known

Born in La Ferté-Alais

By how many languages cover them, Georges Martin comes first (6), then Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont (5) and Daniel Pautrat (2).

Georges Martin#1
Science & Medicine

Georges Martin

1930–2017

French engineer (1930-2017)

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont#2
Politics & Law

Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont

1875–1937

French politician (1875–1937)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Daniel Pautrat#3
Writing & Arts

Daniel Pautrat

born 1938

French journalist

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What La Ferté-Alais is known for

Scientists and doctors are the most numerous, 1 of them.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The fullest list close by belongs to Milly-la-Forêt, with 3.

Questions about famous people from La Ferté-Alais

Who is the most famous person from La Ferté-Alais?

Georges Martin (French engineer (1930-2017)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont and Daniel Pautrat.

How many famous people were born in La Ferté-Alais?

3 people born in La Ferté-Alais have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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 La Ferté-Alais known for?

Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from La Ferté-Alais?

Maurice Bouilloux-Lafont, born in 1875. The youngest on the list was born in 1938.

Who counts as from La Ferté-Alais?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Ferté-Alais 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)

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.