No one from Saintines is on the famous people list yet
A short trip away, Compiègne (7 mi) counts 76 famous people, Pierre d'Ailly among them. Beauvais has the most of any town in Oise: 114. Across Oise, 132 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saintines (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saintines as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Saintines
Close by, Compiègne counts 76 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Senlis · 11 miKévin Gameiro & 27 moreRBPont-Sainte-Maxence · 7 miRomane Bohringer & 8 more
Crépy-en-Valois · 7 miMaurice Levaillant & 8 moreACVerberie · 2 miAdolphe Cossard & 2 more
Béthisy-Saint-Pierre · 2 miJean-Marie Huriez & 1 moreJBEstrées-Saint-Denis · 10 miJean Besancenot & 1 more
Choisy-au-Bac · 11 miGuillaume Samica & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Saintines
Who counts as from Saintines?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saintines 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)
- Kévin Gameiro: Aleksandr Osipov from Ukraine, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.