La Mouche has no famous person on record yet
Of its neighbours, Granville, 11 mi away, lists the most: 55, Christian Dior first. The longest list in Manche is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin’s, with 178 names. Saint-Lô has the second-longest list in Manche, after Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, with 60. 123 of the towns in Manche list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Mouche (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 La Mouche yet.
Famous people born near La Mouche
The neighbour with the most names is Granville, at 55.
Granville · 11 miChristian Dior & 54 more
Avranches · 7 miJean-Luc Ponty & 36 more
Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny · 7 miSophie Quinton & 5 moreJTDucey-Les Chéris · 12 miJean-Pierre Tizon & 2 moreCLDonville-les-Bains · 11 miClaude Leteurtre & 1 more
Percy-en-Normandie · 12 miGeorges Grente & 1 morePTSartilly-Baie-Bocage · 5 miPaul Thoraval
Bréhal · 11 miGérard FéreyQuestions about famous people from La Mouche
Who counts as from La Mouche?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Mouche 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)
- Christian Dior: 投稿者によるスキャン, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Luc Ponty: Claude Renault, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Quinton: Elen Nivrae, CC BY 2.0, 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.