No one from Benais is on the famous people list yet
Go 9 mi to Chinon and the list grows to 33, with René Ouvrard at the top. 92 towns across Indre-et-Loire can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Indre-et-Loire is Tours’, with 369 names. After Tours, the next longest list in Indre-et-Loire is Amboise’s, with 35.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Benais (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Benais as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Benais
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Benais
Who counts as from Benais?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Benais 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 (2)
- Antoine Brutus Menier: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Barrier: Fonds Barrier, CC BY 4.0, 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.