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Famous people · Gaillon, Eure

Gaillon’s famous people span 131 years: 3 births from 1844 to 1975

An article in one language makes the French politician Léon Monnier the best known so far. Close behind are Pascal Amours and Tony Cavet. Maurice Duruflé heads the list in Louviers, 9 mi away, which has 31 names. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.4, while at least half the towns in Eure list nobody born there.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Léon Monnier
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1844
Léon Monnier
Youngest
1975
Tony Cavet
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Gaillon

Athletes take two of the three places.

LM#1
Politics & Law

Léon Monnier

1844–1923

French politician (1844–1923)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
PA#2
Sports

Pascal Amours

born 1959

French association football player

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Gaillon is known for

The field with the most names is Sports: 2.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Louviers’, at 31 names.

Questions about famous people from Gaillon

Who is the most famous person from Gaillon?

Léon Monnier (French politician (1844–1923)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pascal Amours and Tony Cavet.

How many famous people were born in Gaillon?

3 people born in Gaillon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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 Gaillon known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gaillon?

Léon Monnier, born in 1844. The youngest on the list was born in 1975.

Who counts as from Gaillon?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gaillon 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 (4)

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.