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Famous people · Renazé, Mayenne

Renazé counts 3 famous people, first among them Marc Madiot

Marc Madiot is the best known, with articles in 16 languages. The cyclist Yvon Madiot ranks second, ahead of Lucienne Moreau. A short trip away, Segré-en-Anjou Bleu (11 mi) counts 27 famous people, Léo Dubois among them. For every 10,000 residents there are 12 on the list, well above the typical Mayenne town’s 6.3.

#1 best knownMarc MadiotSports · born 1959
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Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marc Madiot
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1933
Lucienne Moreau
Youngest
1962
Yvon Madiot
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Renazé

Counted by languages, Marc Madiot is ahead of Yvon Madiot and Lucienne Moreau: 16, 11 and 5.

Marc Madiot#1
Sports

Marc Madiot

born 1959

French road bicycle racer and directeur sportif

16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Yvon Madiot#2
Sports

Yvon Madiot

born 1962

Cyclist

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LM#3
Film, TV & Stage

Lucienne Moreau

1933–2022

French actress (1933–2022)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for

What Renazé is known for

Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.

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 most names next door are in Segré-en-Anjou Bleu: 27.

Questions about famous people from Renazé

Who is the most famous person from Renazé?

Marc Madiot (French road bicycle racer and directeur sportif) is the best known by our measure: 16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yvon Madiot and Lucienne Moreau.

How many famous people were born in Renazé?

3 people born in Renazé have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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 Renazé known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Renazé?

Lucienne Moreau, born in 1933. The youngest on the list was born in 1962.

Who counts as from Renazé?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Renazé 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)

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.