No famous person born in Fontaine-Couverte is listed yet
La Guerche-de-Bretagne, 5 mi off, can claim 4 famous people, the best known Alain Passard. No town in Mayenne lists more than Laval, with 173. After Laval, the next longest list in Mayenne is Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne’s, with 49. Famous people are on record for 95 of the towns in Mayenne.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Fontaine-Couverte (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 Fontaine-Couverte yet.
Famous people born near Fontaine-Couverte
The most names next door are in La Guerche-de-Bretagne: 4.
La Guerche-de-Bretagne · 5 miAlain Passard & 3 moreVCraon · 10 miVolney & 3 more
Renazé · 9 miMarc Madiot & 2 moreLDArgentré-du-Plessis · 10 miLouis Charles du Plessis d'Argentré & 1 moreMSCossé-le-Vivien · 11 miMichel Sorin & 1 more
Martigné-Ferchaud · 10 miLouis Bridel
Retiers · 11 miPaul Louis Marie DeinQuestions about famous people from Fontaine-Couverte
Who counts as from Fontaine-Couverte?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Fontaine-Couverte 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)
- Alain Passard: nienfanhsun, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Madiot: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Bridel: Photo de Khaerr, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Louis Marie Dein: Mat.dein, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.