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Famous people · Nuillé-sur-Vicoin, Mayenne

Nuillé-sur-Vicoin is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Nicole Lévêque, the French long-distance runner, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The list has one more: the French journalist François Pédron. The neighbour with the longest list is Laval, 6 mi away: 173, led by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Only 15 of the 95 towns in Mayenne with anyone on record list more.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Nicole Lévêque
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1944
François Pédron
Youngest
1951
Nicole Lévêque
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Nuillé-sur-Vicoin

NL#1
Sports

Nicole Lévêque

born 1951

French long-distance runner

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FP#2
Writing & Arts

François Pédron

born 1944

French journalist

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

What Nuillé-sur-Vicoin is known for

Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.

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 best known from each town within 12 mi of Nuillé-sur-Vicoin, with how many people each has.

Questions about famous people from Nuillé-sur-Vicoin

Who is the most famous person from Nuillé-sur-Vicoin?

Nicole Lévêque (French long-distance runner) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come François Pédron.

How many famous people were born in Nuillé-sur-Vicoin?

2 people born in Nuillé-sur-Vicoin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Nuillé-sur-Vicoin 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 Nuillé-sur-Vicoin?

François Pédron, born in 1944. The youngest on the list was born in 1951.

Who counts as from Nuillé-sur-Vicoin?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Nuillé-sur-Vicoin 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)

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.