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Film, TV & Stage
Laurent Herbiet
born 1961French film director and screenwriter
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Annay, Nièvre
Laurent Herbiet, born in 1961, is Annay’s famous person on record
In 1961, the French film director and screenwriter Laurent Herbiet was born. Their birth falls between 1914 and 1969. Readers can find them written up in 2 languages. For more famous names, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire is 8 mi away: its list has 16, led by Sophie Adenot.
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Laurent Herbiet
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1961
Laurent Herbiet
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Film, TV & Stage
1 person
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Born in Annay
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire has the most on record, with 16.
Questions about famous people from Annay
Who is the most famous person from Annay?
Laurent Herbiet (French film director and screenwriter) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Annay?
1 people born in Annay have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Annay known for?
Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.
Who counts as from Annay?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Annay 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 (2)
- Sophie Adenot: NASA Johnson Space Center / ROBERT MARKOWITZ NASA-JSC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raoul le Boucher: Jules Beau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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