No one from Chitray is on the famous people list yet
Go 9 mi to Argenton-sur-Creuse and the list grows to 19, with Gilles Clément at the top. 65 towns across Indre can name a famous person born there. No town in Indre lists more than Châteauroux, with 117. Issoudun has the second-longest list in Indre, after Châteauroux, with 47.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chitray (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 Chitray yet.
Famous people born near Chitray
Argenton-sur-Creuse leads the towns around it, with 19 names.
Questions about famous people from Chitray
Who counts as from Chitray?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chitray 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.
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