Photo: ryanblu · Public domainFamous people from Saran
Within 4 mi, Orléans lists the most: 368, with Robert II de France first. The list for Saran is empty for now. The Loiret lists hold names for 100 towns. Orléans’ 368 names make the longest list in Loiret.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saran (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 Saran as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Saran
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Orléans · 4 miRobert II de France & 367 more
Fleury-les-Aubrais · 2 miLouis-Marie Billé & 5 more
Saint-Jean-de-Braye · 4 miHenri Gaudier-Brzeska & 5 moreHGOlivet · 6 miHenri de Gastines & 3 more
Saint-Jean-le-Blanc · 4 miRené Dupont & 2 moreADLa Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin · 4 miAlain Drufin & 1 more
Saint-Denis-en-Val · 6 miEdgard Derouet & 1 morePBSaint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle · 2 miPhilippe BertrandQuestions about famous people from Saran
Who counts as from Saran?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saran 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
- René Dupont: Direction de la rédaction, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.