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Famous people · Malakoff, Hauts-de-Seine

Most of the 12 famous people born in Malakoff came into the world between 1914 and 1969

Jacqueline Pagnol, the French actress, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. Second and third on the list are Liliane Marchais and Roger Legris. For its size the list is short: 3.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 9.8 in the typical Hauts-de-Seine town. More are performers than anything else, 3 in all.

#1 best knownJacqueline PagnolFilm, TV & Stage · 1920–2016
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Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jacqueline Pagnol
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1898
Roger Legris
Youngest
1952
Georges Caudron
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people
The best known

Born in Malakoff

Performers take two of the three places.

Jacqueline Pagnol#1
Film, TV & Stage

Jacqueline Pagnol

1920–2016

French actress (1920–2016)

9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LM#2
Politics & Law

Liliane Marchais

1935–2020

French political activist (1935-2020)

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RL#3
Film, TV & Stage

Roger Legris

1898–1981

French actor (1898–1981)

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Malakoff’s famous people were born

Births peak in the 1920s, with 2 people born in that decade.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th century19001950Jacqueline PagnolChantal ThomassBernard LafayRoger Legris
Film, TV & StagePolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineSportsMusicNotableMilitary

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

Known for

What Malakoff is known for

Malakoff has 3× the usual share of performers.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Malakoff

Here are 9 more, born from 1903 to 1952.

GJ

Gérard Jaquet

1916–2013

French politician (1916–2013)

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Georges Caudron

Georges Caudron

1952–2022

French actor (1952–2022)

Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The neighbour with the most names is Clamart, at 85.

Questions about famous people from Malakoff

Who is the most famous person from Malakoff?

Jacqueline Pagnol (French actress (1920–2016)) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Liliane Marchais and Roger Legris.

How many famous people were born in Malakoff?

12 people born in Malakoff have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 17 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 Malakoff known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 3 of the 12. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Malakoff?

Roger Legris, born in 1898. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.

Who counts as from Malakoff?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Malakoff 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 (10)

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.