#1Anne de Montmorency
1493–1567First Duke of Montmorency
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The best known is the first Duke of Montmorency Anne de Montmorency, with articles in 29 languages. The French footballer Alfred Aston ranks second, ahead of François de Montmorency. 5 of them were born before the Revolution, the first Anne de Montmorency in 1493. The largest group, 6, was born between the Revolution and the Second Empire.
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
First, Anne de Montmorency (29 languages), then Alfred Aston (21) and François de Montmorency (15).
#1First Duke of Montmorency
#2French footballer (1912–2003)
#3Marshal of France (1530-1579)
The 1910s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The rest number 14, with 8 writers and artists among them.




French painter, engraver and draughtsperson (1862-1927)


French painter and lithographer, 1778-1870

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The longest list nearby is Creil’s, with 35.
Anne de Montmorency (First Duke of Montmorency) is the best known by our measure: 29 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alfred Aston and François de Montmorency.
17 people born in Chantilly have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 31 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 8 of the 17. That is 47% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Anne de Montmorency, born in 1493. The youngest on the list was born in 1966.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chantilly 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.
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).
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.