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Famous people · La Ferté Macé, Orne

12 famous people were born in La Ferté Macé from 1840 to 2004

Jean-Marie Louvel, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 8 languages. Between the Revolution and the Second Empire, 4 were born, the most of any period. More are writers and artists than anything else, 4 in all. The list’s best known name, Jean-Marie Louvel, dates from 1900.

#1 best knownJean-Marie LouvelPolitics & Law · 1900–1970
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Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Marie Louvel
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1840
Louis Duval
Youngest
2004
Églantine Rayer
Most common field
Writing & Arts
4 people

What stands out about La Ferté Macé’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When La Ferté Macé’s famous people were born

More were born in the 1960s than in any other decade: 2.

Revolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday1850190019502000Franck GoldnadelLouis Van HaeckeÉglantine Rayer
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageScience & MedicineMilitary

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in La Ferté Macé

The three are covered in 8, 7 and 6 languages: Jean-Marie Louvel, Antoine Goulard and Franck Goldnadel.

Jean-Marie Louvel#1
Politics & Law

Jean-Marie Louvel

1900–1970

French politician (1900-1970)

8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AG#2
Sports

Antoine Goulard

born 1985

French footballer

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FG#3
Film, TV & Stage

Franck Goldnadel

born 1969

Former director of Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for

What La Ferté Macé is known for

La Ferté Macé has 1.4× the usual share of writers and artists.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in La Ferté Macé

9 more names, born between 1840 and 2004.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, Rives d'Andaine counts 3 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Questions about famous people from La Ferté Macé

Who is the most famous person from La Ferté Macé?

Jean-Marie Louvel (French politician (1900-1970)) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Antoine Goulard and Franck Goldnadel.

How many famous people were born in La Ferté Macé?

12 people born in La Ferté Macé have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 19 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 La Ferté Macé known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 4 of the 12. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from La Ferté Macé?

Louis Duval, born in 1840. The youngest on the list was born in 2004.

Who counts as from La Ferté Macé?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Ferté Macé 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)

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.