#1Notable
Guillaume Samica
born 1981French volleyball player
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Choisy-au-Bac, Oise
2 famous people call Choisy-au-Bac their birthplace
At the top of the list is the French volleyball player Guillaume Samica, covered in 6 languages. The list has one more: the French radio host Jacky Gallois. A short trip away, Compiègne (4 mi) counts 76 famous people, Pierre d'Ailly among them. From Jacky Gallois to Guillaume Samica, the births on the list run from 1958 to 1981.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Guillaume Samica
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1958
Jacky Gallois
Youngest
1981
Guillaume Samica
The best known
Born in Choisy-au-Bac
#1JG#2
Film, TV & Stage
Jacky Gallois
born 1958French radio host
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Choisy-au-Bac is known for
Performers are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Choisy-au-Bac
Who is the most famous person from Choisy-au-Bac?
Guillaume Samica (French volleyball player) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jacky Gallois.
How many famous people were born in Choisy-au-Bac?
2 people born in Choisy-au-Bac have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Choisy-au-Bac?
Jacky Gallois, born in 1958. The youngest on the list was born in 1981.
Who counts as from Choisy-au-Bac?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Choisy-au-Bac 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)
- Guillaume Samica: Krzysio.szubzda.1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Calvin: Anonymous ( France ) Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Huriez: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.