AD#1
Film, TV & Stage
André Dalibert
1908–1997French actor and singer (1908–1997)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Crochet.david · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Sourdeval, Manche
From 1776 to 1928, Sourdeval was the birthplace of 5 famous people
Articles in 3 languages make the French actor and singer André Dalibert the best known. Alain Boudet is second and Jules Labiche third. Fewer than a quarter of the 123 towns in Manche with famous people list more. The list’s best known name, André Dalibert, dates from 1908.
Born here
5
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
André Dalibert
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1776
Théodore François Millet
Youngest
1928
Alain Boudet
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known
Born in Sourdeval
Two of the three are performers.
AB#2
Film, TV & Stage
Alain Boudet
1928–2019French film director (1928–2019)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
JL#3
Politics & Law
Jules Labiche
1826–1905French politician (1826-1905)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Sourdeval’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1920s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Film, TV & StagePolitics & LawMilitary
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Sourdeval is known for
The largest field is Film, TV & Stage, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Sourdeval
The other 2 span the years 1776 to 1926.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Vire Normandie lists the most people: 45.
Questions about famous people from Sourdeval
Who is the most famous person from Sourdeval?
André Dalibert (French actor and singer (1908–1997)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alain Boudet and Jules Labiche.
How many famous people were born in Sourdeval?
5 people born in Sourdeval have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Sourdeval known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sourdeval?
Théodore François Millet, born in 1776. The youngest on the list was born in 1928.
Who counts as from Sourdeval?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sourdeval 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)
- Michel Drucker: Studio Harcourt., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ferdinand André Fouqué: Eugène Pirou, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Breton: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Simonne Caillère: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, 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.