Grimesnil has yet to put a famous person on the list
Of its neighbours, Coutances, 8 mi away, lists the most: 54, Guillaume Le Gentil first. In Manche, 123 towns have someone on the list. Cherbourg-en-Cotentin has the most of any town in Manche: 178. After Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the next longest list in Manche is Saint-Lô’s, with 60.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Grimesnil (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 Grimesnil yet.
Famous people born near Grimesnil
Of the towns around it, Coutances has the most on record: 54.
Questions about famous people from Grimesnil
Who counts as from Grimesnil?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Grimesnil 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)
- Sophie Quinton: Elen Nivrae, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques-Louis Daniel: Xfigpower, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Grente: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gérard Férey: Nadir of Moscow, 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.