Famous people born near Le Tanu
For more famous names, Granville is 11 mi away: its list has 55, led by Christian Dior. The list for Le Tanu is empty for now. 123 towns in Manche have at least one famous person on record. The longest list in Manche is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin’s, with 178 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Tanu (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 Tanu yet.
Famous people born near Le Tanu
Close by, the fullest list is Granville’s, at 55 names.
Granville · 11 miChristian Dior & 54 more
Avranches · 9 miJean-Luc Ponty & 36 more
Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny · 6 miSophie Quinton & 5 more
Percy-en-Normandie · 10 miGeorges Grente & 1 moreCLDonville-les-Bains · 11 miClaude Leteurtre & 1 morePTSartilly-Baie-Bocage · 6 miPaul Thoraval
Bréhal · 11 miGérard FéreyQuestions about famous people from Le Tanu
Who counts as from Le Tanu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Tanu 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.