Pray has no famous person on record yet
Étienne d'Angleterre tops the 140 names on record in Blois, 11 mi away. 77 towns in Loir-et-Cher have at least one famous person on record. The longest list in Loir-et-Cher is Blois’, with 140 names. After Blois, the next longest list in Loir-et-Cher is Vendôme’s, with 47.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pray (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 Pray yet.
Famous people born near Pray
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Pray
Who counts as from Pray?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pray 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)
- Étienne d'Angleterre: Matthew Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Ier de Bourbon-Condé: anonymous / Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Rousseau: Thomas Ducroquet, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.