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Famous people · Mello, Oise

Mello is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Articles in 7 languages make the military leader Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc the best known. The only other name is the French politician and soldier Alexandre Jules de La Rochefoucauld. Within 5 mi, Creil lists the most: 35, with Simon Banza first. Alexandre Jules de La Rochefoucauld, born in 1796, is the youngest, and Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc, born in 1755, the first on record.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1755
Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc
Youngest
1796
Alexandre Jules de La Rochefoucauld
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known

Born in Mello

LS#1
Military

Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc

1755–1813

Military leader (1755-1813)

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AR#2
Politics & Law

Alexandre Jules de La Rochefoucauld

1796–1856

French politician and soldier (1796–1856)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Mello is known for

Share of Mello’s famous people in each field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

5 towns around it have someone on record.

Questions about famous people from Mello

Who is the most famous person from Mello?

Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc (Military leader (1755-1813)) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alexandre Jules de La Rochefoucauld.

How many famous people were born in Mello?

2 people born in Mello 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 Mello known for?

Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mello?

Louis Michel Antoine Sahuc, born in 1755. The youngest on the list was born in 1796.

Who counts as from Mello?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mello 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 (2)

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.