No one born in Saint-Lyé-la-Forêt has made the famous people list yet
Robert II de France heads the list in Orléans, 11 mi away, which has 368 names. Across Loiret, the lists cover 100 towns. No town in Loiret lists more than Orléans, with 368. After Orléans, the next longest list in Loiret is Montargis’, with 46.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Lyé-la-Forêt (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 Saint-Lyé-la-Forêt yet.
Famous people born near Saint-Lyé-la-Forêt
Around it, Orléans has the most people on record, 368 of them.
Orléans · 11 miRobert II de France & 367 more
Fleury-les-Aubrais · 8 miLouis-Marie Billé & 5 more
Saint-Jean-de-Braye · 9 miHenri Gaudier-Brzeska & 5 more
Chevilly · 4 miBernard Derosier & 3 moreDPNeuville-aux-Bois · 4 miDamien Plessis & 2 more
Loury · 6 miAntoine MassonFNChécy · 10 miFrançoise NicolasPBSaint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle · 10 miPhilippe BertrandQuestions about famous people from Saint-Lyé-la-Forêt
Who counts as from Saint-Lyé-la-Forêt?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Lyé-la-Forêt 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)
- Robert II de France: Natalis de Wailly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Marie Billé: Valleguidonensis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Gaudier-Brzeska: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Derosier: User:Said666, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Masson: Antoine Masson / After Pierre Mignard I, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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