No famous person yet from Vernix
The neighbour with the longest list is Avranches, 6 mi away: 37, led by Jean-Luc Ponty. Across Manche, 123 towns list someone born there. The longest list in Manche is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin’s, with 178 names. 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 Vernix (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 Vernix yet.
Famous people born near Vernix
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
Avranches · 6 miJean-Luc Ponty & 36 more
Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët · 11 miMikaël Cherel & 14 more
Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny · 8 miSophie Quinton & 5 moreJTDucey-Les Chéris · 7 miJean-Pierre Tizon & 2 more
Grandparigny · 11 miSimonne Caillère & 2 moreMFIsigny-le-Buat · 7 miMadeleine FoisilPTSartilly-Baie-Bocage · 10 miPaul ThoravalQuestions about famous people from Vernix
Who counts as from Vernix?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vernix 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)
- Jean-Luc Ponty: Claude Renault, CC BY 2.0, 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
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.