Girolles has yet to put a famous person on the list
Nearby, Montargis, 5 mi away, lists 46, led by Anne-Louis Girodet. Across Loiret, 100 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Loiret belongs to Orléans, with 368.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Girolles (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 Girolles yet.
Famous people born near Girolles
The neighbour with the most names is Montargis, at 46.
Montargis · 5 miAnne-Louis Girodet & 45 more
Château-Landon · 6 miArthur Chaussy & 2 moreJJChâlette-sur-Loing · 3 miJean Joubert & 1 more
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais · 4 miRené-Georges Gastellier & 1 more
Amilly · 6 miPauletta Foppa & 1 moreCBCorquilleroy · 2 miClaude BillardLFSouppes-sur-Loing · 8 miLéon FrotQuestions about famous people from Girolles
Who counts as from Girolles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Girolles 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)
- Anne-Louis Girodet: Anne-Louis Girodet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Chaussy: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René-Georges Gastellier: Jacques Marie Noël Frémy / After Lucile Foullon-Vachot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauletta Foppa: Dacoucou, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.