#1Sports
Claudio Beauvue
born 1988Guadeloupean footballer
27 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Saint-Claude, Guadeloupe
26 famous people from Saint-Claude, many of them athletes
At the top of the list is the guadeloupean footballer Claudio Beauvue, covered in 27 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 18 in all. From Raymond Guillod to Méline Nocandy, the births on the list run from 1919 to 1998. For every 10,000 residents there are 25.5 on the list, well above the typical Guadeloupe town’s 3.3.
Born here
26
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Claudio Beauvue
27 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1919
Raymond Guillod
Youngest
1998
Méline Nocandy
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Saint-Claude’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Saint-Claude is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 3.1 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Saint-Claude’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 6 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawNotableMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Saint-Claude
Three names lead: Claudio Beauvue (27 languages), Daniel Jérent (20) and Méline Nocandy (19).
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Notable
Méline Nocandy
born 1998French handball player
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Saint-Claude
23 more, from 1919 to 1997.
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Basse-Terre’s, at 29 names.
MPBasse-Terre · 3 miMarie-José Pérec & 28 moreSTCapesterre-Belle-Eau · 9 miSylviane Telchid & 9 more
Trois-Rivières · 5 miJacques-François Dugommier & 3 moreABBaillif · 3 miAristophane Boulon & 2 moreGÉBouillante · 9 miGilles Échevin & 1 more
Vieux-Habitants · 5 miVictorin LurelJPGoyave · 11 miJenny Prinssay
Trois-Rivières · 5 miJacques-François Dugommier & 3 moreABBaillif · 3 miAristophane Boulon & 2 moreGÉBouillante · 9 miGilles Échevin & 1 moreVieux-Habitants · 5 miVictorin LurelJPGoyave · 11 miJenny PrinssayQuestions about famous people from Saint-Claude
Who is the most famous person from Saint-Claude?
Claudio Beauvue (Guadeloupean footballer) is the best known by our measure: 27 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Daniel Jérent and Méline Nocandy.
How many famous people were born in Saint-Claude?
26 people born in Saint-Claude have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 36 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 Saint-Claude known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 15 of the 26. That is 58% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Claude?
Raymond Guillod, born in 1919. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Saint-Claude?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Claude 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 (11)
- Claudio Beauvue: Harpagornis, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Jérent: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Rousseau: Christof Sonderegger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucette Michaux-Chevry: EC/Christian Lambiotte, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Judith: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphane Gombauld: (:Julien:), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Willy Guéret: Southern_Comfort, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Florimont: Gauthier Bouret, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Élie Califer: TrisHR, 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.