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Famous people · Lamentin, Guadeloupe

Lamentin is the birthplace of 4 famous people

Most widely known is Gilbert Delé, the French boxer, with articles in 4 languages. The French politician René Toribio ranks second, ahead of Ernest Pépin. Miguel Buval, born in 1990, is the youngest, and René Toribio, born in 1912, the first on record. For its size the list is short: 2.1 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.3 in the typical Guadeloupe town.

#3 best knownErnest PépinWriting & Arts · born 1950
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gilbert Delé
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1912
René Toribio
Youngest
1990
Miguel Buval
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Lamentin

Gilbert Delé leads with articles in 4 languages, ahead of René Toribio (4) and Ernest Pépin (4).

GD#1
Sports

Gilbert Delé

born 1964

French boxer

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RT#2
Politics & Law

René Toribio

1912–1990

French politician (1912-1990)

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Ernest Pépin#3
Writing & Arts

Ernest Pépin

born 1950

French poet and writer

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Lamentin’s famous people were born

Births peak in the 1960s, with 1 people born in that decade.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday190019502000Miguel BuvalErnest PépinRené ToribioGilbert Delé
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Lamentin is known for

2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Lamentin

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

8 towns around it have someone on record.

Questions about famous people from Lamentin

Who is the most famous person from Lamentin?

Gilbert Delé (French boxer) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come René Toribio and Ernest Pépin.

How many famous people were born in Lamentin?

4 people born in Lamentin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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 Lamentin known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lamentin?

René Toribio, born in 1912. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.

Who counts as from Lamentin?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lamentin 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)

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.