Next door to Azé, Vendôme lists 47 famous people
77 towns in Loir-et-Cher have at least one famous person on record. No famous person’s birth in Azé is on record yet. The longest list in Loir-et-Cher is Blois’, with 140 names. The best known born in Vendôme is Louis Ier de Bourbon-Condé.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Azé (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 Azé yet.
Famous people born near Azé
Of the towns around it, Vendôme has the most on record: 47.
Questions about famous people from Azé
Who counts as from Azé?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Azé 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 (3)
- Louis Ier de Bourbon-Condé: anonymous / Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline Gourault: Arno Mikkor, Aron Urb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Papin: Panini, 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.