No one from Bannes is on the famous people list yet
Prosper Guéranger tops the 13 names on record in Sablé-sur-Sarthe, 10 mi away. 95 of the towns in Mayenne list at least one person. The longest list in Mayenne is Laval’s, with 173 names. After Laval, the next longest list in Mayenne is Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne’s, with 49.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bannes (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 Bannes yet.
Famous people born near Bannes
The longest list nearby is Sablé-sur-Sarthe’s, with 13.
Questions about famous people from Bannes
Who counts as from Bannes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bannes 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 (3)
- Prosper Guéranger: Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Richard: Fanseriesus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Médard: Fédération française de handball, 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.