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.

Born in Lamentin
Gilbert Delé leads with articles in 4 languages, ahead of René Toribio (4) and Ernest Pépin (4).
René Toribio
1912–1990French politician (1912-1990)
#3Ernest Pépin
born 1950French poet and writer
When Lamentin’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1960s, with 1 people born in that decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
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 else born in Lamentin
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Famous people from the towns next door
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Pointe-à-Pitre · 7 miSaint-John Perse & 135 more
Les Abymes · 8 miPascal Chimbonda & 73 more
Baie-Mahault · 3 miThomas Lemar & 11 more
Pointe-Noire · 11 miMickaël Gelabale & 3 morePHDeshaies · 11 miPierre-Marie Hilaire & 2 moreMCSainte-Rose · 6 miMarlene Canguio & 1 moreRJPetit-Bourg · 6 miRobert Jacques & 1 more
Le Gosier · 10 miAchille René-Boisneuf & 1 moreQuestions 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)
- Ernest Pépin: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint-John Perse: Unknown Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pascal Chimbonda: wonker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Lemar: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mickaël Gelabale: jan fante, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Achille René-Boisneuf: Achille-René Boisneuf, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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