La Pallu has no famous person on record yet
Go 6 mi to La Ferté Macé and the list grows to 12, with Jean-Marie Louvel at the top. 95 towns in Mayenne have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in Mayenne belongs to Laval, with 173. 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 La Pallu (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 La Pallu yet.
Famous people born near La Pallu
The neighbour with the most names is La Ferté Macé, at 12.
Questions about famous people from La Pallu
Who counts as from La Pallu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Pallu 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)
- Jean-Marie Louvel: Testaniere94250, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Hélion: Cyril Deicha, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madeleine Grey: 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.