Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0No famous person from Chailles yet, but Blois next door has 140
The longest list of any town in Loir-et-Cher belongs to Blois, with 140. Vendôme has the second-longest list in Loir-et-Cher, after Blois, with 47. 77 towns across Loir-et-Cher can name a famous person born there. The best known born in Blois is Étienne d'Angleterre.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chailles (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Chailles as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Chailles
The neighbour with the most names is Blois, at 140.
Blois · 4 miÉtienne d'Angleterre & 139 moreFGLe Controis-en-Sologne · 8 miFrançois Guin & 5 more
Veuzain-sur-Loire · 7 miMarie Cherrier & 2 morePRCour-Cheverny · 7 miPaul Renouard & 2 moreMBVineuil · 5 miMesmin Florent BernierMCLa Chaussée-Saint-Victor · 6 miMichel ChabaultJMVillebarou · 7 miJacques MenouryQuestions about famous people from Chailles
Who counts as from Chailles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chailles 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 (2)
- Étienne d'Angleterre: Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie Cherrier: Photo de Ben, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.