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Verneuil-en-Halatte (60) le lavoir (fin 19e s.), rue de VerdunPhoto: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
Famous people · Verneuil-en-Halatte, Oise

2 famous people call Verneuil-en-Halatte their birthplace

Articles in 8 languages make the cyclist Jean-Jacques Fussien the best known. The only other name is the French organist and composer Joseph Boulnois. The nearest list is in Creil, 3 mi away: 35 names, starting with Simon Banza. Joseph Boulnois (1884) and Jean-Jacques Fussien (1952) mark the two ends of the list.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Jacques Fussien
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1884
Joseph Boulnois
Youngest
1952
Jean-Jacques Fussien
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Verneuil-en-Halatte

JF#1
Sports

Jean-Jacques Fussien

1952–1978

Cyclist (1952–1978)

8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JB#2
Music

Joseph Boulnois

1884–1918

French organist and composer (1884–1918)

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for

What Verneuil-en-Halatte is known for

Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.

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

The longest list nearby is Creil’s, with 35.

Questions about famous people from Verneuil-en-Halatte

Who is the most famous person from Verneuil-en-Halatte?

Jean-Jacques Fussien (Cyclist (1952–1978)) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Joseph Boulnois.

How many famous people were born in Verneuil-en-Halatte?

2 people born in Verneuil-en-Halatte 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 Verneuil-en-Halatte known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Verneuil-en-Halatte?

Joseph Boulnois, born in 1884. The youngest on the list was born in 1952.

Who counts as from Verneuil-en-Halatte?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Verneuil-en-Halatte 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.