Litz has yet to put a famous person on the list
Clermont, 4 mi away, has 7 on its list, the best known Louis Ier de Bourbon. No town in Oise lists more than Beauvais, with 114. After Beauvais, the next longest list in Oise is Compiègne’s, with 76. 132 towns across Oise can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Litz (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 Litz yet.
Famous people born near Litz
Close by, Clermont counts 7 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Clermont · 4 miLouis Ier de Bourbon & 6 more
Liancourt · 9 miMechack Jérôme & 6 more
Mouy · 7 miMarc Tiffeneau & 3 more
Saint-Just-en-Chaussée · 8 miRené Just Haüy & 3 more
Bresles · 4 miJacques DoriotLGFitz-James · 5 miLouis Félix GuesnetACBreuil-le-Vert · 5 miAnatole-Cyprien CoffardAVCauffry · 8 miAdrien VachetteQuestions about famous people from Litz
Who counts as from Litz?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Litz 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 (5)
- Louis Ier de Bourbon: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mechack Jérôme: Jorge Mejía peralta from Managua, Nicaragua, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Tiffeneau: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Just Haüy: Ambroise Tardieu (1788-1841), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Doriot: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, 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.