No one from Saint-Jean-aux-Bois is on the famous people list yet
Within 5 mi, Compiègne lists the most: 76, with Pierre d'Ailly first. In all of Oise, the famous people on record come from 132 towns. The longest list of any town in Oise belongs to Beauvais, with 114.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Jean-aux-Bois (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 Saint-Jean-aux-Bois yet.
Famous people born near Saint-Jean-aux-Bois
The fullest list close by belongs to Compiègne, with 76.
Villers-Cotterêts · 11 miAlexandre Dumas & 10 more
Crépy-en-Valois · 8 miMaurice Levaillant & 8 moreACVerberie · 8 miAdolphe Cossard & 2 more
Béthisy-Saint-Pierre · 5 miJean-Marie Huriez & 1 more
Choisy-au-Bac · 6 miGuillaume Samica & 1 moreOBMargny-lès-Compiègne · 6 miOctave ButinJVVenette · 6 miJean de VenetteQuestions about famous people from Saint-Jean-aux-Bois
Who counts as from Saint-Jean-aux-Bois?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Jean-aux-Bois 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 (4)
- Alexandre Dumas: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Levaillant: O.Doyé, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Huriez: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Samica: Krzysio.szubzda.1, 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.