No one from Sougé is on the famous people list yet
Just 6 mi away, Montoire-sur-le-Loir’s list holds 7 names, Jacqueline Gourault the best known. 77 towns across Loir-et-Cher can name a famous person born there. 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 Sougé (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 Sougé yet.
Famous people born near Sougé
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Sougé, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Sougé
Who counts as from Sougé?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sougé 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)
- Jacqueline Gourault: Arno Mikkor, Aron Urb, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Ernest Dubois: Agence de presse Meurisse, 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.