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Famous people · Maignelay-Montigny, Oise

Serge Bourguignon tops a list of 2 famous people born in Maignelay-Montigny

Serge Bourguignon, the French film director and screenwriter, is the most widely known, written about in 22 languages. The only other name is the French actor and painter Edmond Geffroy. Of its neighbours, Montdidier, 7 mi away, lists the most: 14, Jean Fernel first. Fewer than a quarter of the 132 towns in Oise with famous people list more.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Serge Bourguignon
22 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1804
Edmond Geffroy
Youngest
1928
Serge Bourguignon
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
2 people
The best known

Born in Maignelay-Montigny

SB#1
Film, TV & Stage

Serge Bourguignon

born 1928

French film director and screenwriter

22 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EG#2
Film, TV & Stage

Edmond Geffroy

1804–1895

French actor and painter (1804-1895)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Montdidier’s, at 14 names.

Questions about famous people from Maignelay-Montigny

Who is the most famous person from Maignelay-Montigny?

Serge Bourguignon (French film director and screenwriter) is the best known by our measure: 22 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Edmond Geffroy.

How many famous people were born in Maignelay-Montigny?

2 people born in Maignelay-Montigny have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Maignelay-Montigny known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Maignelay-Montigny?

Edmond Geffroy, born in 1804. The youngest on the list was born in 1928.

Who counts as from Maignelay-Montigny?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Maignelay-Montigny 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)

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.