Next door to La Guierche, Le Mans lists 160 famous people
Not one famous person on record comes from La Guierche yet. 95 of the towns in Sarthe list at least one person. 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.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Guierche (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 La Guierche yet.
Famous people born near La Guierche
Close by, Le Mans counts 160 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from La Guierche
Who counts as from La Guierche?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Guierche 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)
- Alphonse Lavallée: Unknown photographer Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Van Droogenbroeck: Alan Petard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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