No famous person born in Fay-les-Étangs is listed yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Gisors, 8 mi away: 12, led by Didier Digard. The longest list in Oise is Beauvais’, with 114 names. After Beauvais, the next longest list in Oise is Compiègne’s, with 76. 132 of the towns in Oise list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Fay-les-Étangs (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 Fay-les-Étangs yet.
Famous people born near Fay-les-Étangs
The fullest list close by belongs to Gisors, with 12.
Gisors · 8 miDidier Digard & 11 moreFHChaumont-en-Vexin · 3 miFrançois Heutte & 8 moreRBMéru · 9 miRachid Bouhenna & 8 more
Magny-en-Vexin · 9 miJean-Baptiste Santerre & 5 more
Marines · 7 miAlain Brieux & 3 moreÉDAuneuil · 9 miÉmile DuchâtelGBAndeville · 10 miGeorges BastardPVSérifontaine · 10 miPaul VannierQuestions about famous people from Fay-les-Étangs
Who counts as from Fay-les-Étangs?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Fay-les-Étangs 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)
- Didier Digard: Mirasol, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Baptiste Santerre: Jean-Baptiste Santerre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Brieux: Louette dominique, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.