Mailly-Champagne has no famous person on record yet
Reims, 8 mi away, has 422 on its list, the best known Jean Baudrillard. 114 of the towns in Marne list at least one person. No town in Marne lists more than Reims, with 422. After Reims, the next longest list in Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne’s, with 115.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Mailly-Champagne (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 Mailly-Champagne yet.
Famous people born near Mailly-Champagne
Reims has the longest list next door: 422.
Reims · 8 miJean Baudrillard & 421 more
Épernay · 11 miYohann Diniz & 53 more
Aÿ-Champagne · 8 miRené Lalique & 9 more
Mourmelon-le-Grand · 11 miJules Rémy & 3 more
Bétheny · 9 miLou-Ann Joly & 2 more
Cormontreuil · 5 miSuzanne Tourte
Witry-lès-Reims · 9 miGeorges François Léopold Menu
Saint-Brice-Courcelles · 9 miJules MarteletQuestions about famous people from Mailly-Champagne
Who counts as from Mailly-Champagne?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mailly-Champagne 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 (8)
- Jean Baudrillard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ayaleila, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yohann Diniz: Paolo Salmaso from Roma, Italy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Lalique: Aron Gerschel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Rémy: Photographie Alphonse Terpereau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Lou-Ann Joly: Gérald Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzanne Tourte: Famille Tourte, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges François Léopold Menu: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Martelet: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.