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Famous people · Vimoutiers, Orne

Vimoutiers counts 4 famous people, first among them Joseph Laniel

Articles in 28 languages make the prime Minister of France Joseph Laniel the best known. The next two names are Roland Armontel and Louis Charles Tillaye. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all. Fewer than a quarter of the 102 towns in Orne with famous people list more.

#1 best knownJoseph LanielPolitics & Law · 1889–1975
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Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Joseph Laniel
28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1794
Stanislas Gigon La Bertrie
Youngest
1901
Roland Armontel
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known

Born in Vimoutiers

Two of the three are leaders.

Joseph Laniel#1
Politics & Law

Joseph Laniel

1889–1975

Prime Minister of France (1889-1975)

28 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Roland Armontel#2
Film, TV & Stage

Roland Armontel

1901–1980

French actor

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Louis Charles Tillaye#3
Politics & Law

Louis Charles Tillaye

1847–1913

French politician (1847–1913)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Vimoutiers’ famous people were born

The 1880s top the chart, with 1 births in the decade.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle Époque180018501900Stanislas Gigon La BertrieLouis Charles TillayeRoland ArmontelJoseph Laniel
Politics & LawFilm, TV & Stage

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

Known for

What Vimoutiers is known for

Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 3.2 times.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Vimoutiers

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

3 towns around it have someone on record.

Questions about famous people from Vimoutiers

Who is the most famous person from Vimoutiers?

Joseph Laniel (Prime Minister of France (1889-1975)) is the best known by our measure: 28 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Roland Armontel and Louis Charles Tillaye.

How many famous people were born in Vimoutiers?

4 people born in Vimoutiers have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 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 Vimoutiers known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vimoutiers?

Stanislas Gigon La Bertrie, born in 1794. The youngest on the list was born in 1901.

Who counts as from Vimoutiers?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vimoutiers 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.