No one from Irai is on the famous people list yet
Nearby, L'Aigle, 7 mi away, lists 24, led by Charles-Simon Catel. Alençon has the most of any town in Orne: 128. After Alençon, the next longest list in Orne is Argentan’s, with 55. 102 towns across Orne can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Irai (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 Irai as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Irai
Close by, L'Aigle counts 24 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Irai
Who counts as from Irai?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Irai 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)
- Charles-Simon Catel: Julien-Léopold Boilly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pascal Quignard: France Culture au Palais de Tokyo (8625234486).jpg : Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France derivative work: LllC, CC BY 2.0, 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.