No one from Sermaise is on the famous people list yet
For more famous names, Étampes is 7 mi away: its list has 40, led by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. Famous people are on record for 71 of the towns in Essonne. Longjumeau has the most of any town in Essonne: 52.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sermaise (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sermaise yet.
Famous people born near Sermaise
The neighbour with the most names is Étampes, at 40.
Étampes · 7 miÉtienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & 39 more
Dourdan · 4 miTony Gallopin & 15 more
Étréchy · 5 miMaurice Dormann & 3 more
Bruyères-le-Châtel · 6 miMaurice Ourry & 1 moreAVMorigny-Champigny · 7 miAmédée de Viart & 1 moreGVSaint-Chéron · 2 miGeorges VianMHBoissy-sous-Saint-Yon · 6 miMademoiselle Hervey
Briis-sous-Forges · 7 miLéon de MontesquiouQuestions about famous people from Sermaise
Who counts as from Sermaise?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sermaise 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)
- Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: Ambroise Tardieu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
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