No famous person born in Férolles is listed yet
A short trip away, Saint-Jean-de-Braye (9 mi) counts 6 famous people, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska among them. Across Loiret, 100 towns list someone born there. The longest list in Loiret is Orléans’, with 368 names. Montargis has the second-longest list in Loiret, after Orléans, with 46.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Férolles (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 Férolles yet.
Famous people born near Férolles
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Saint-Jean-de-Braye · 9 miHenri Gaudier-Brzeska & 5 more
Châteauneuf-sur-Loire · 5 miJeanne de France & 2 more
Saint-Jean-le-Blanc · 9 miRené Dupont & 2 more
Jargeau · 2 miJeanne Chauvin & 1 more
Saint-Denis-en-Val · 8 miEdgard Derouet & 1 moreSGSaint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel · 3 miSylvie GenevoixFNChécy · 6 miFrançoise NicolasRCFay-aux-Loges · 7 miRené-Jean CailletteQuestions about famous people from Férolles
Who counts as from Férolles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Férolles 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 (5)
- Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanne de France: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Dupont: Direction de la rédaction, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanne Chauvin: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edgard Derouet: Croquant, 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.