No famous person from Le Val-Saint-Germain yet, but Dourdan next door has 16
The longest list in Essonne is Longjumeau’s, with 52 names. Étampes has the second-longest list in Essonne, after Longjumeau, with 40. In all of Essonne, the famous people on record come from 71 towns. The best known born in Dourdan is Tony Gallopin.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Val-Saint-Germain (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 Le Val-Saint-Germain as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Le Val-Saint-Germain
Dourdan leads the towns around it, with 16 names.
Dourdan · 4 miTony Gallopin & 15 more
Étréchy · 8 miMaurice Dormann & 3 more
Bruyères-le-Châtel · 6 miMaurice Ourry & 1 moreGVSaint-Chéron · 3 miGeorges Vian
Briis-sous-Forges · 5 miLéon de Montesquiou
Limours · 5 miChristopher SixPLSaint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines · 6 miPierre François LaslierMHBoissy-sous-Saint-Yon · 7 miMademoiselle HerveyQuestions about famous people from Le Val-Saint-Germain
Who counts as from Le Val-Saint-Germain?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Val-Saint-Germain 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)
- 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 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
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