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Famous people · Salbris, Loir-et-Cher

Salbris counts 4 famous people, first among them François Beaugendre

The best known is the French cyclist François Beaugendre, with articles in 12 languages. Omer Beaugendre is second and Joseph Moingt third. Over 35 years of births, the list goes from François Beaugendre (1880) to Joseph Moingt (1915). Per head, the list is long: 8.3 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Loir-et-Cher has 3.

#1 best knownFrançois BeaugendreSports · 1880–1936
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
François Beaugendre
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1880
François Beaugendre
Youngest
1915
Joseph Moingt
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Salbris

Athletes take two of the three places.

François Beaugendre#1
Sports

François Beaugendre

1880–1936

French cyclist (1880–1936)

12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Omer Beaugendre#2
Sports

Omer Beaugendre

1883–1954

French cyclist (1883–1954)

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Joseph Moingt#3
Faith

Joseph Moingt

1915–2020

French theologian (1915–2020)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Salbris’ famous people were born

The 1880s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th century19001950Solange de GanayFrançois Beaugendre
SportsFaithNotable

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Salbris is known for

Sports leads the fields, with 2 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Salbris

1 more, best known first.

Solange de Ganay

Solange de Ganay

1902–2003

French ethnologist (1902-2003)

Questions about famous people from Salbris

Who is the most famous person from Salbris?

François Beaugendre (French cyclist (1880–1936)) is the best known by our measure: 12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Omer Beaugendre and Joseph Moingt.

How many famous people were born in Salbris?

4 people born in Salbris have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Salbris known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Salbris?

François Beaugendre, born in 1880. The youngest on the list was born in 1915.

Who counts as from Salbris?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Salbris 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)

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.