No one born in Billy has made the famous people list yet
Romorantin-Lanthenay, 10 mi off, can claim 22 famous people, the best known Claude de France. No town in Loir-et-Cher lists more than Blois, with 140. After Blois, the next longest list in Loir-et-Cher is Vendôme’s, with 47. In Loir-et-Cher, 77 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Billy (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 Billy yet.
Famous people born near Billy
Romorantin-Lanthenay leads the towns around it, with 22 names.
Romorantin-Lanthenay · 10 miClaude de France & 21 more
Saint-Aignan · 9 miJoseph Paul-Boncour & 5 moreFGLe Controis-en-Sologne · 11 miFrançois Guin & 5 more
Selles-sur-Cher · 3 miAuguste Daumain & 4 moreLMChabris · 7 miLuc Montagnier & 4 more
Noyers-sur-Cher · 7 miFrançois Auguste LogerotANVillefranche-sur-Cher · 11 miAntoine NormantQuestions about famous people from Billy
Who counts as from Billy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Billy 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)
- Claude de France: anonymous / Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Paul-Boncour: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Daumain: La Vie au grand air, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Auguste Logerot: François Auguste LOGEROT, 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.