No one from Houx is on the famous people list yet
Jacques Pierre Brissot tops the 160 names on record in Chartres, 10 mi away. The longest list of any town in Eure-et-Loir belongs to Chartres, with 160. After Chartres, the next longest list in Eure-et-Loir is Dreux’s, with 71. Across Eure-et-Loir, the lists cover 100 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Houx (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 Houx yet.
Famous people born near Houx
The longest list nearby is Chartres’, with 160.
Chartres · 10 miJacques Pierre Brissot & 159 more
Maintenon · 2 miMichel Joseph Maunoury & 9 moreMCÉpernon · 4 miMichel Chasles & 4 moreMVGallardon · 4 miMichel Vovelle & 1 more
Nogent-le-Roi · 7 miLuc Merenda & 1 moreGGChamphol · 9 miGérard Du Doyer de Gastels & 1 more
Lèves · 9 miBernard Jumentier
Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien · 9 miMaurice FanonQuestions about famous people from Houx
Who counts as from Houx?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Houx 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)
- Jacques Pierre Brissot: François Bonneville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Joseph Maunoury: Unknown (Bain News Service, publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luc Merenda: Fernando Di Leo / Franco Villa, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Jumentier: P.ne d'Estrées, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Fanon: JPRoche, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.