Next door to Le Luot, Avranches lists 37 famous people
Famous people are on record for 123 of the towns in Manche. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Le Luot. The longest list of any town in Manche belongs to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, with 178. Saint-Lô has the second-longest list in Manche, after Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, with 60.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Luot (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 Le Luot yet.
Famous people born near Le Luot
Of the towns around it, Avranches has the most on record: 37.
Questions about famous people from Le Luot
Who counts as from Le Luot?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Luot 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 (2)
- Jean-Luc Ponty: Claude Renault, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Quinton: Elen Nivrae, CC BY 2.0, 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.