Photo: Anonyme. · Public domain5 famous people call Le Moule their birthplace
Articles in 8 languages make the French sprinter Joseph Arame the best known. The guadeloupean politician Henri Beaujean ranks second, ahead of Rosan Girard. Between 1914 and 1969, 3 were born, the most of any period. The biggest group are leaders: 3.
Born in Le Moule
Two of the three are leaders.
Henri Beaujean
1925–2021Guadeloupean politician (1925–2021)
Rosan Girard
1913–2001Guadeloupean politician (1913-2001)
When Le Moule’s famous people were born
The 1940s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Le Moule is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as leaders, at 2.5 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Le Moule
2 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Les Abymes’, with 74.
Questions about famous people from Le Moule
Who is the most famous person from Le Moule?
Joseph Arame (French sprinter) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Henri Beaujean and Rosan Girard.
How many famous people were born in Le Moule?
5 people born in Le Moule have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 15 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 Le Moule known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 5. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Le Moule?
Clovis Renaison, born in 1892. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Le Moule?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Moule 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)
- Pascal Chimbonda: wonker, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marius Trésor: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gerty Archimède: Assemblée nationale, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Gustave Adolphe Lemercier de Maisoncelle-Vertille de Richemont: Mayer et Pierson, Public domain, 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.



