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1ère soudure de rail de la ligne D pour la commune d'Eysines en 2018Photo: Sébastien33 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people · Eysines, Gironde

Eysines is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Articles in 5 languages make the French actor Jacques Clancy the best known. The next two names are Guy Antoune and Édith Alauze. The neighbour with the longest list is Bordeaux, 4 mi away: 1,067, led by François Mauriac. Births span 1908 to 1920, from Édith Alauze to Jacques Clancy.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jacques Clancy
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1908
Édith Alauze
Youngest
1920
Jacques Clancy
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known

Born in Eysines

Languages with an article: 5 for Jacques Clancy, 1 for Guy Antoune, 1 for Édith Alauze.

JC#1
Film, TV & Stage

Jacques Clancy

1920–2012

French actor (1920-2012)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GA#2
Politics & Law

Guy Antoune

1917–2011

French politician (1917-2011)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
ÉA#3
Sports

Édith Alauze

1908–1995

French athletics competitor

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

What Eysines is known for

The largest field is Film, TV & Stage, with 1 people.

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

Of the towns nearby, Bordeaux lists the most people: 1,067.

Questions about famous people from Eysines

Who is the most famous person from Eysines?

Jacques Clancy (French actor (1920-2012)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Guy Antoune and Édith Alauze.

How many famous people were born in Eysines?

3 people born in Eysines have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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 Eysines known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Eysines?

Édith Alauze, born in 1908. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.

Who counts as from Eysines?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Eysines 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 (3)

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.