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Famous people · Savigny-sur-Orge, Essonne

Performers stand out among the 27 famous people born in Savigny-sur-Orge

Best known of all is Gilles Lellouche, written about in 25 languages. Yoann Offredo is second and Claude Guyot third. Since 1970, 14 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 7.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 0.3 in the typical town in Essonne.

#2 best knownYoann OffredoSports · born 1986
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Born here
27
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gilles Lellouche
25 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1885
Albert Lejeune
Youngest
1991
Robin Reda
Most common field
Sports
8 people

What stands out about Savigny-sur-Orge’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Savigny-sur-Orge’s famous people were born

The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 9.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday190019502000Gilles LelloucheYoann OffredoMaurice FontaineClaude Guyot
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotableScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMusicPolitics & Law

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

Known for

What Savigny-sur-Orge is known for

Performers stand out most, at 2.6 times the usual share.

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

The best known

Born in Savigny-sur-Orge

Counted by languages, Gilles Lellouche is ahead of Yoann Offredo and Claude Guyot: 25, 18 and 10.

GL#1
Film, TV & Stage

Gilles Lellouche

born 1972

French actor, film director and screenwriter

25 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Yoann Offredo#2
Sports

Yoann Offredo

born 1986

Road bicycle racer

18 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Claude Guyot#3
Sports

Claude Guyot

born 1947

French cyclist

10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Savigny-sur-Orge

24 more, from 1885 to 1991.

Maurice Fontaine

Maurice Fontaine

1904–2009

French biologist and naturalist (1904-2009)

Science & MedicineWikipedia (French) ↗
JC

Jean-François Chaurin

born 1961

French bicycle racer

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, Longjumeau counts 52 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Questions about famous people from Savigny-sur-Orge

Who is the most famous person from Savigny-sur-Orge?

Gilles Lellouche (French actor, film director and screenwriter) is the best known by our measure: 25 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yoann Offredo and Claude Guyot.

How many famous people were born in Savigny-sur-Orge?

27 people born in Savigny-sur-Orge have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 42 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 Savigny-sur-Orge known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 8 of the 27. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Savigny-sur-Orge?

Albert Lejeune, born in 1885. The youngest on the list was born in 1991.

Who counts as from Savigny-sur-Orge?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Savigny-sur-Orge 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 (17)

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.