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Famous people · Massy, Essonne

10 famous people from Massy, many of them athletes

Anthony Martial, the French footballer, is the most widely known, written about in 59 languages. Second and third on the list are Yaya Sanogo and Johan Martial. The largest group, 10, was born since 1970. Per head, the list is long: 1.9 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Essonne has 0.3.

#1 best knownAnthony MartialSports · born 1995
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Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Anthony Martial
59 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1977
Christophe Beaugrand
Youngest
2002
Pierre Ekwah
Most common field
Sports
7 people

What stands out about Massy’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Massy is known for

Athletes stand out most, at 3.7 times the usual share.

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

Through the years

When Massy’s famous people were born

The 1990s top the chart, with 6 births in the decade.

Today20002050Christophe BeaugrandAnthony MartialPierre Ekwah
SportsWriting & ArtsNotable

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Massy

Counted by languages, Anthony Martial is ahead of Yaya Sanogo and Johan Martial: 59, 34 and 17.

Anthony Martial#1
Sports

Anthony Martial

born 1995

French footballer (born 1995)

59 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Yaya Sanogo#2
Sports

Yaya Sanogo

born 1993

French footballer (born 1993)

34 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Johan Martial#3
Sports

Johan Martial

born 1991

French footballer

17 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Massy

The other 7 span the years 1977 to 2002.

PE

Pierre Ekwah

born 2002

Cameroonian and French footballer (born 2002)

CB

Christophe Beaugrand

born 1977

French journalist and presenter

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
Gaylor Curier

Gaylor Curier

born 1992

French basketball player (born 1992)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The neighbour with the most names is Longjumeau, at 52.

Questions about famous people from Massy

Who is the most famous person from Massy?

Anthony Martial (French footballer (born 1995)) is the best known by our measure: 59 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yaya Sanogo and Johan Martial.

How many famous people were born in Massy?

10 people born in Massy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 21 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 Massy known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 10. That is 70% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Massy?

Christophe Beaugrand, born in 1977. The youngest on the list was born in 2002.

Who counts as from Massy?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Massy 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 (10)

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.