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Famous people · Moroges, Saône-et-Loire

3 famous people call Moroges their birthplace

At the top of the list is the French journalist and playwright Maurice Normand, covered in 2 languages. Pierre Duréault is second and Émiland Menand third. The neighbour with the longest list is Chalon-sur-Saône, 9 mi away: 103, led by Nicéphore Niépce. From Émiland Menand to Maurice Normand, the births on the list run from 1786 to 1864.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Maurice Normand
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1786
Émiland Menand
Youngest
1864
Maurice Normand
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Moroges

Leaders take two of the three places.

MN#1
Writing & Arts

Maurice Normand

1864–1923

French journalist and playwright

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
PD#2
Politics & Law

Pierre Duréault

1789–1868

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
ÉM#3
Politics & Law

Émiland Menand

1786–1871

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Moroges is known for

Share of Moroges’ famous people in each field.

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

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Around it, Chalon-sur-Saône has the most people on record, 103 of them.

Questions about famous people from Moroges

Who is the most famous person from Moroges?

Maurice Normand (French journalist and playwright) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Duréault and Émiland Menand.

How many famous people were born in Moroges?

3 people born in Moroges have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Moroges known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Moroges?

Émiland Menand, born in 1786. The youngest on the list was born in 1864.

Who counts as from Moroges?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Moroges 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)

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.