Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person born in Cherré-Au is listed yet
Nogent-le-Rotrou, 12 mi off, can claim 29 famous people, the best known Gustave Le Bon. The longest list in Sarthe is Le Mans’, with 160 names. After Le Mans, the next longest list in Sarthe is La Flèche’s, with 31. Across Sarthe, 95 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Cherré-Au (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 Cherré-Au yet.
Famous people born near Cherré-Au
Nearby, Nogent-le-Rotrou has the most on record, with 29.
Questions about famous people from Cherré-Au
Who counts as from Cherré-Au?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cherré-Au 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)
- Gustave Le Bon: Arnopeters, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casimir Lefaucheux: Unknown author circa 1830-35.., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Jarry: Alain JARRY, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.