Photo: Joël Thibault · CC BY-SA 4.0Esvres has no famous person on record yet
Nearby, Chambray-lès-Tours, 5 mi away, lists 22, led by Mikaël Silvestre. Tours’ 369 names make the longest list in Indre-et-Loire. After Tours, the next longest list in Indre-et-Loire is Amboise’s, with 35. Across Indre-et-Loire, the lists cover 92 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Esvres (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Esvres yet.
Famous people born near Esvres
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Esvres, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Esvres
Who counts as from Esvres?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Esvres 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)
- Mikaël Silvestre: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène Bizeau: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Justin Christofleau: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dieudonné Belle: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.