No famous person yet from Messas
Nearby, Beaugency, 2 mi away, lists 15, led by Jacques Charles. No town in Loiret lists more than Orléans, with 368. Montargis has the second-longest list in Loiret, after Orléans, with 46. Famous people are on record for 100 of the towns in Loiret.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Messas (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Messas as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Messas
Of the towns nearby, Beaugency lists the most people: 15.
Beaugency · 2 miJacques Charles & 14 moreMCMeung-sur-Loire · 3 miMarie-Claire Chevalier & 5 more
Mer · 10 miGilbert Poillerat & 3 moreADLa Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin · 11 miAlain Drufin & 1 moreECLailly-en-Val · 4 miEdgar CochetDGCléry-Saint-André · 6 miDenis GaullyerPSSaint-Ay · 7 miPaul Sirven
Chaingy · 8 miLéon PelléQuestions about famous people from Messas
Who counts as from Messas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Messas 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 (3)
- Jacques Charles: Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Poillerat: inconnu vers 1930, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Léon Pellé: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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