No famous person yet from Combres
For more famous names, Nogent-le-Rotrou is 11 mi away: its list has 29, led by Gustave Le Bon. The longest list of any town in Eure-et-Loir belongs to Chartres, with 160. Dreux has the second-longest list in Eure-et-Loir, after Chartres, with 71. 100 towns in Eure-et-Loir have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Combres (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Combres as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Combres
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Combres, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Combres
Who counts as from Combres?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Combres 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 (2)
- Gustave Le Bon: Arnopeters, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Charles Panard: Jean François Gilles Colson, 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.