#1Writing & Arts
Maurice Rousseau
1906–1977French artistic gymnast (1906-1977)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · La Machine, Nièvre
La Machine is the birthplace of 2 famous people
Articles in 5 languages make the French artistic gymnast Maurice Rousseau the best known. The only other name is the French association football player Milan Grobarcik. A short trip away, Decize (5 mi) counts 18 famous people, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just among them. Maurice Rousseau (1906) and Milan Grobarcik (1933) mark the two ends of the list.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Maurice Rousseau
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1906
Maurice Rousseau
Youngest
1933
Milan Grobarcik
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in La Machine
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Sports
Milan Grobarcik
1933–2024French association football player
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What La Machine is known for
The largest field is Writing & Arts, 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
Around it, Decize has the most people on record, 18 of them.
Questions about famous people from La Machine
Who is the most famous person from La Machine?
Maurice Rousseau (French artistic gymnast (1906-1977)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Milan Grobarcik.
How many famous people were born in La Machine?
2 people born in La Machine have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is La Machine known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from La Machine?
Maurice Rousseau, born in 1906. The youngest on the list was born in 1933.
Who counts as from La Machine?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Machine 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)
- Maurice Rousseau: Unknown (Keystone-France), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Antoine de Saint-Just: After Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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