Saint-Lô counts 60 famous people, first among them Urbain Le Verrier

Urbain Le Verrier (French astronomer (1811-1877)) is the best known by our measure: 72 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Hugues Duboscq and Jacques Davy du Perron.

60 people born in Saint-Lô have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 99 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

Among its famous people, athletes: 15 of the 60. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Jacques Davy du Perron, born in 1556. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Lô 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.

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.