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Famous people · Vouvray, Indre-et-Loire

3 famous people were born in Vouvray

An article in one language makes the French journalist Léon Lavedan the best known so far. Behind the leader come Madeleine Boutard and Michel de Grailly. Tours, 5 mi away, has 369 on its list, the best known Honoré de Balzac. Born in 1826, Léon Lavedan is the first name on record, and Michel de Grailly, born in 1920, the most recent.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Léon Lavedan
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1826
Léon Lavedan
Youngest
1920
Michel de Grailly
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Vouvray

Two of the three are leaders.

LL#1
Writing & Arts

Léon Lavedan

1826–1904

French journalist (1826–1904)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
MB#2
Politics & Law

Madeleine Boutard

1913–1984

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
MG#3
Politics & Law

Michel de Grailly

1920–2008

French politician (1920–2008)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Vouvray is known for

Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.

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

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The neighbour with the most names is Tours, at 369.

Questions about famous people from Vouvray

Who is the most famous person from Vouvray?

Léon Lavedan (French journalist (1826–1904)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Madeleine Boutard and Michel de Grailly.

How many famous people were born in Vouvray?

3 people born in Vouvray have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 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 Vouvray known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vouvray?

Léon Lavedan, born in 1826. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.

Who counts as from Vouvray?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vouvray 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)

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.