Messei has no famous person on record yet
Guy Mollet tops the 18 names on record in Flers, 2 mi away. In all of Orne, the famous people on record come from 102 towns. The longest list of any town in Orne belongs to Alençon, with 128. After Alençon, the next longest list in Orne is Argentan’s, with 55.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Messei (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 Messei yet.
Famous people born near Messei
Around it, Flers has the most people on record, 18 of them.
Domfront en Poiraie · 10 miAuguste Chevalier & 12 moreJDCondé-en-Normandie · 10 miJules Dumont d’Urville & 11 more
La Ferté Macé · 12 miJean-Marie Louvel & 11 more
Tinchebray-Bocage · 9 miAndré Breton & 6 moreJLAthis-Val de Rouvre · 6 miJean-François Leroy & 3 moreAPSaint-Georges-des-Groseillers · 4 miAloïs PottierQuestions about famous people from Messei
Who counts as from Messei?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Messei 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)
- Auguste Chevalier: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Louvel: Testaniere94250, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Breton: Henri Manuel, 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.