#1Sports
Sébastien Haller
born 1994Ivorian-French footballer (born 1994)
48 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Ris-Orangis, Essonne
Of the 20 famous people born in Ris-Orangis, an unusual share are athletes
Most widely known is Sébastien Haller, the Ivorian-French footballer, with articles in 48 languages. Behind the leader come Edmond Delfour and Sarah Michel. More than half were born since 1970, 16 in all. Per head, the list is long: 6.4 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Essonne has 0.3.
Born here
20
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sébastien Haller
48 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1907
Edmond Delfour
Youngest
1994
Sébastien Haller
Most common field
Sports
9 people
What stands out about Ris-Orangis’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Ris-Orangis’ famous people were born
The 1980s top the chart, with 8 births in the decade.
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotableScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Ris-Orangis is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Ris-Orangis
By how many languages cover them, Sébastien Haller comes first (48), then Edmond Delfour (20) and Sarah Michel (14).
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#2Sports
Edmond Delfour
1907–1990French association football player and manager (1907-1990)
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Sarah Michel
born 1989French basketball player (born 1989)
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Ris-Orangis
17 more names, born between 1959 and 1992.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Évry-Courcouronnes, at 33.
Évry-Courcouronnes · 2 miMedhi Benatia & 32 more
Juvisy-sur-Orge · 3 miEmmanuelle Charpentier & 30 moreGLSavigny-sur-Orge · 4 miGilles Lellouche & 26 more
Draveil · 2 miFrédéric Vasseur & 6 moreHBViry-Châtillon · 2 miHouda Benyamina & 4 moreMCSoisy-sur-Seine · 2 miMarie-Dominique ChenuJBMorsang-sur-Orge · 3 miJean-Paul Le BrisHDÉtiolles · 3 miHélène DelarocheQuestions about famous people from Ris-Orangis
Who is the most famous person from Ris-Orangis?
Sébastien Haller (Ivorian-French footballer (born 1994)) is the best known by our measure: 48 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Edmond Delfour and Sarah Michel.
How many famous people were born in Ris-Orangis?
20 people born in Ris-Orangis have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 25 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 Ris-Orangis known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 9 of the 20. That is 45% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ris-Orangis?
Edmond Delfour, born in 1907. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Ris-Orangis?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ris-Orangis 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 (13)
- Sébastien Haller: Miensah02, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmond Delfour: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah Michel: Jérémy Kergourlay, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chris Gadi: mustapha_ennaimi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophia Aram: Christophe Le Glatin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Riolo: ZACK, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Ménard: Alexandre Rimond, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Ozanon: VOzanon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Martinez: Adélaïde Lebrun, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Palain: librairie mollat, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Medhi Benatia: Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emmanuelle Charpentier: Bianca Fioretti, Hallbauer & Fioretti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Vasseur: Original: Race Service for Ferrari Spa / Derivative work: Danyele, 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.