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Famous people · Olivet, Loiret

4 famous people were born in Olivet from 1829 to 1984

Articles in 3 languages make the French politician Henri de Gastines the best known. Close behind are Vincent Perriot and Henri Louis Delamarre. Henri de Gastines was born in 1929. Only 11 of the 100 towns in Loiret with anyone on record list more.

#2 best knownVincent PerriotFilm, TV & Stage · born 1984
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Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Henri de Gastines
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1829
Henri Louis Delamarre
Youngest
1984
Vincent Perriot
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known

Born in Olivet

Henri de Gastines has articles in 3 languages, Vincent Perriot in 3 and Henri Louis Delamarre in 2.

HG#1
Politics & Law

Henri de Gastines

1929–2011

French politician (1929-2011)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Vincent Perriot#2
Film, TV & Stage

Vincent Perriot

born 1984

French comics artist

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Henri Louis Delamarre#3
Writing & Arts

Henri Louis Delamarre

1829–1913

French painter

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Olivet’s famous people were born

The 1920s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.

Revolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday1850190019502000Henri de GastinesHenri Louis DelamarreVincent Perriot
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage

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

Known for

What Olivet is known for

Writing & Arts 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 Olivet

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Around it, Orléans has the most people on record, 368 of them.

Questions about famous people from Olivet

Who is the most famous person from Olivet?

Henri de Gastines (French politician (1929-2011)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Vincent Perriot and Henri Louis Delamarre.

How many famous people were born in Olivet?

4 people born in Olivet have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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 Olivet known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Olivet?

Henri Louis Delamarre, born in 1829. The youngest on the list was born in 1984.

Who counts as from Olivet?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Olivet 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 (8)

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.