Le Mesnil-Adelée has yet to put a famous person on the list
For more famous names, Mortain-Bocage is 8 mi away: its list has 15, led by Ferdinand André Fouqué. Across Manche, 123 towns list someone born there. The longest list in Manche is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin’s, with 178 names. 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 Le Mesnil-Adelée (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 Mesnil-Adelée yet.
Famous people born near Le Mesnil-Adelée
The fullest list close by belongs to Mortain-Bocage, with 15.
Mortain-Bocage · 8 miFerdinand André Fouqué & 14 more
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët · 9 miMikaël Cherel & 14 more
Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny · 12 miSophie Quinton & 5 moreADSourdeval · 7 miAndré Dalibert & 4 moreAGNoues de Sienne · 10 miAllain Gaussin & 3 more
Grandparigny · 7 miSimonne Caillère & 2 moreJTDucey-Les Chéris · 11 miJean-Pierre Tizon & 2 moreMFIsigny-le-Buat · 8 miMadeleine FoisilQuestions about famous people from Le Mesnil-Adelée
Who counts as from Le Mesnil-Adelée?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Mesnil-Adelée 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)
- Ferdinand André Fouqué: Eugène Pirou, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mikaël Cherel: YellowMonkey/Blnguyen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sophie Quinton: Elen Nivrae, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simonne Caillère: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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