No famous person from Varize yet, but Châteaudun next door has 41
100 of the towns in Eure-et-Loir list at least one person. The longest list in Eure-et-Loir is Chartres’, with 160 names. Dreux has the second-longest list in Eure-et-Loir, after Chartres, with 71. The best known born in Châteaudun is Romain Feillu.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Varize (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 Varize yet.
Famous people born near Varize
The longest list nearby is Châteaudun’s, with 41.
Questions about famous people from Varize
Who counts as from Varize?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Varize 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)
- Romain Feillu: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arsène Collet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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