#1Writing & Arts
Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec
1901–1972French food writer (1901-1972)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Verrières-le-Buisson, Essonne
Verrières-le-Buisson is the birthplace of 5 famous people
At the top of the list is the French food writer Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec, covered in 4 languages. Second place goes to the French botanist Auguste Louis Maurice Levêque de Vilmorin, third to David Régnier. The first birth on record is Auguste Louis Maurice Levêque de Vilmorin’s, in 1849, and the last David Régnier’s, in 1925. For every 10,000 residents there are 3.3 on the list, well above the typical Essonne town’s 0.3.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1849
Auguste Louis Maurice Levêque de Vilmorin
Youngest
1925
David Régnier
The best known
Born in Verrières-le-Buisson
By how many languages cover them, Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec comes first (4), then Auguste Louis Maurice Levêque de Vilmorin (4) and David Régnier (1).
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#2Science & Medicine
Auguste Louis Maurice Levêque de Vilmorin
1849–1918French botanist (1849-1918)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
DR#3
Notable
David Régnier
1925–1944French resistance fighter (1925-1944)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Verrières-le-Buisson’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1900s, with 2 births.
NotableWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Verrières-le-Buisson is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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Everyone else born in Verrières-le-Buisson
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Fontenay-aux-Roses leads the towns around it, with 52 names.
Fontenay-aux-Roses · 3 miPierre Bonnard & 51 more
Châtenay-Malabry · 2 miAllan Saint-Maximin & 46 moreAJAntony · 2 miAgnès Jaoui & 46 more
Sceaux · 3 miAlain Delon & 20 more
Palaiseau · 2 miSébastien Vigier & 15 more
Massy · 1 miAnthony Martial & 9 moreCLChamplan · 3 miCatherine Louveau & 2 more
Wissous · 3 miGaston Henry-Haye & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Verrières-le-Buisson
Who is the most famous person from Verrières-le-Buisson?
Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec (French food writer (1901-1972)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Auguste Louis Maurice Levêque de Vilmorin and David Régnier.
How many famous people were born in Verrières-le-Buisson?
5 people born in Verrières-le-Buisson have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 11 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Verrières-le-Buisson?
Auguste Louis Maurice Levêque de Vilmorin, born in 1849. The youngest on the list was born in 1925.
Who counts as from Verrières-le-Buisson?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Verrières-le-Buisson 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 (8)
- Mapie de Toulouse-Lautrec: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Louis Maurice Levêque de Vilmorin: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Bonnard: Pierre Bonnard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Allan Saint-Maximin: Ruben Lamers, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Delon: Reporters Associati & Archivi\Mondadori, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sébastien Vigier: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Martial: Дмитрий Голубович, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gaston Henry-Haye: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain, 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.