No one from Dives is on the famous people list yet
Noyon, 5 mi away, has 19 on its list, the best known Jean Calvin. No town in Oise lists more than Beauvais, with 114. After Beauvais, the next longest list in Oise is Compiègne’s, with 76. In Oise, 132 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Dives (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Dives yet.
Famous people born near Dives
Around it, Noyon has the most people on record, 19 of them.
Questions about famous people from Dives
Who counts as from Dives?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Dives 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)
- Jean Calvin: Anonymous ( France ) Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Armand de Monchy d'Hocquincourt: Comte Héritier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Samica: Krzysio.szubzda.1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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