No one from Lignères is on the famous people list yet
Sées, 11 mi off, can claim 10 famous people, the best known Gaultier-Garguille. The longest list in Orne is Alençon’s, with 128 names. After Alençon, the next longest list in Orne is Argentan’s, with 55. Across Orne, 102 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Lignères (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 Lignères yet.
Famous people born near Lignères
Of the towns around it, Sées has the most on record: 10.
Questions about famous people from Lignères
Who counts as from Lignères?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lignères 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)
- Gaultier-Garguille: John Collins, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Cornu: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, 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.