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Famous people · Montmirail, Marne

Montmirail’s famous people span 124 years: 2 births from 1797 to 1921

Articles in 14 languages make the French football player and manager Henri Guérin the best known. The other is Marc Bailly, the French politician. Henri Guérin was born in 1921. Only 16 of the 114 towns in Marne with anyone on record list more.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Henri Guérin
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1797
Marc Bailly
Youngest
1921
Henri Guérin
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Montmirail

HG#1
Sports

Henri Guérin

1921–1995

French football player and manager (1921-1995)

14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MB#2
Politics & Law

Marc Bailly

1797–1851

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Montmirail is known for

The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Questions about famous people from Montmirail

Who is the most famous person from Montmirail?

Henri Guérin (French football player and manager (1921-1995)) is the best known by our measure: 14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Marc Bailly.

How many famous people were born in Montmirail?

2 people born in Montmirail have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Montmirail known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Montmirail?

Marc Bailly, born in 1797. The youngest on the list was born in 1921.

Who counts as from Montmirail?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Montmirail 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.

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.