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Famous people · Montsûrs, Mayenne

3 famous people call Montsûrs their birthplace

Articles in 5 languages make the French Catholic priest and historian Alphonse-Victor Angot the best known. The next two names are Joseph Boüessé and André Besnier. Of its neighbours, Laval, 11 mi away, lists the most: 173, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang first. From Alphonse-Victor Angot in 1844 to André Besnier in 1895, the births cover 51 years.

#1 best knownAlphonse-Victor AngotFaith · 1844–1917
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Best known
Alphonse-Victor Angot
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1844
Alphonse-Victor Angot
Youngest
1895
André Besnier
Most common field
Faith
1 person
The best known

Born in Montsûrs

Alphonse-Victor Angot leads with articles in 5 languages, ahead of Joseph Boüessé (3) and André Besnier (1).

Alphonse-Victor Angot#1
Faith

Alphonse-Victor Angot

1844–1917

French catholic priest and historian (1844–1917)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Joseph Boüessé#2
Politics & Law

Joseph Boüessé

1891–1980

French politician (1891–1980)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
AB#3
Business

André Besnier

1895–1955

French industrialist

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

What Montsûrs is known for

Share of Montsûrs’ famous people in each field.

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

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The fullest list close by belongs to Laval, with 173.

Questions about famous people from Montsûrs

Who is the most famous person from Montsûrs?

Alphonse-Victor Angot (French catholic priest and historian (1844–1917)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Joseph Boüessé and André Besnier.

How many famous people were born in Montsûrs?

3 people born in Montsûrs have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 7 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 Montsûrs known for?

Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 3% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Montsûrs?

Alphonse-Victor Angot, born in 1844. The youngest on the list was born in 1895.

Who counts as from Montsûrs?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Montsûrs 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 (6)

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.