#1Lèves has just one famous person to its name: Bernard Jumentier
The French composer Bernard Jumentier was born in 1749. That places their birth before the Revolution. Articles about them exist in 4 languages. Of its neighbours, Chartres, 2 mi away, lists the most: 160, Jacques Pierre Brissot first.

Born in Lèves
#1Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Chartres has the most people on record, 160 of them.
Chartres · 2 miJacques Pierre Brissot & 159 more
Maintenon · 9 miMichel Joseph Maunoury & 9 more
Courville-sur-Eure · 11 miFrançois-Charles Panard & 4 more
Luisant · 3 miMaurice Bourgès-Maunoury & 2 moreGGChamphol · 1 miGérard Du Doyer de Gastels & 1 moreMVGallardon · 11 miMichel Vovelle & 1 more
Nogent-le-Roi · 12 miLuc Merenda & 1 moreVMMainvilliers · 2 miVictor MeuteletQuestions about famous people from Lèves
Who is the most famous person from Lèves?
Bernard Jumentier (French composer) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Lèves?
1 people born in Lèves have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 2 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 Lèves known for?
Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Who counts as from Lèves?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lèves 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 (6)
- Bernard Jumentier: P.ne d'Estrées, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Pierre Brissot: François Bonneville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Joseph Maunoury: Unknown (Bain News Service, publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François-Charles Panard: Jean François Gilles Colson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury: Bourgès-Maunoury_-_Levi_Eshkol_1958.jpg : YARON MIRLIN derivative work: Daffy123, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Luc Merenda: Fernando Di Leo / Franco Villa, 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.