MP#1
Sports
Marie-José Pérec
born 1968French track and field sprinter
43 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Athletes stand out among the 29 famous people born in Basse-Terre
The best known is the French track and field sprinter Marie-José Pérec, with articles in 43 languages. Second and third on the list are Lenny Nangis and Daryl Bultor. Between 1914 and 1969, 14 were born, the most of any period. Only 2 towns in Guadeloupe list more.
Born here
29
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marie-José Pérec
43 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1802
Ferdinand Joseph L'Herminier
Youngest
2004
Indira Ampiot
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Basse-Terre’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Basse-Terre is known for
Basse-Terre has 2.4× the usual share of musicians.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Basse-Terre’s famous people were born
More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 5.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Basse-Terre
Athletes take two of the three places.
#2
#3Notable
Daryl Bultor
born 1995French volleyball player
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Basse-Terre
Here are 26 more, born from 1802 to 2004.
Gabriel Terrail
1859–1930French journalist and politician (1859-1930)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Saint-Claude: 26.
Questions about famous people from Basse-Terre
Who is the most famous person from Basse-Terre?
Marie-José Pérec (French track and field sprinter) is the best known by our measure: 43 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Lenny Nangis and Daryl Bultor.
How many famous people were born in Basse-Terre?
29 people born in Basse-Terre have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 51 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 Basse-Terre known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 12 of the 29. That is 41% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Basse-Terre?
Ferdinand Joseph L'Herminier, born in 1802. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.
Who counts as from Basse-Terre?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Basse-Terre 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 (15)
- Lenny Nangis: Steindy 22:56, 13 June 2013 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daryl Bultor: DarDarCH, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Pierre Cyprien: Sławek, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Michel: Armando Nannuzzi, Luigi Comencini / Ultra films, Tecisa., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rony Martias: YellowMonkey/Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Marcel: Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kévin Danois: Christophe.focus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Indira Ampiot: Region Guadeloupe, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriel Terrail: Atelier Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Minia Biabiany: Felindrame, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simon Ibo: ETV, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yannick Cham: Geo28000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claudio Beauvue: Harpagornis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques-François Dugommier: François Bouchot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victorin Lurel: Starus, 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.