No famous person from Chamant yet, but Creil next door has 35
Across Oise, the lists cover 132 towns. The longest list in Oise is Beauvais’, with 114 names. Compiègne has the second-longest list in Oise, after Beauvais, with 76. The best known born in Creil is Simon Banza.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chamant (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Chamant as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Chamant
The most names next door are in Creil: 35.
Questions about famous people from Chamant
Who counts as from Chamant?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chamant 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)
- Kévin Gameiro: Aleksandr Osipov from Ukraine, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anne de Montmorency: Corneille de Lyon, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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.