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Famous people · Mayet, Sarthe

Mayet is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Georges Pillement leads the list, covered in 5 languages. The other is Raymond Dronne, the French civil servant. A short trip away, Montval-sur-Loir (8 mi) counts 11 famous people, Lionel Royer among them. Over 10 years of births, the list goes from Georges Pillement (1898) to Raymond Dronne (1908).

#2 best knownRaymond DronnePolitics & Law · 1908–1991
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Georges Pillement
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1898
Georges Pillement
Youngest
1908
Raymond Dronne
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known

Born in Mayet

GP#1
Writing & Arts

Georges Pillement

1898–1984

French writer, translator and photographer

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Raymond Dronne#2
Politics & Law

Raymond Dronne

1908–1991

French civil servant (1908-1991)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for

What Mayet is known for

The field with the most names is Writing & Arts: 1.

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

5 towns around it have someone on record.

Questions about famous people from Mayet

Who is the most famous person from Mayet?

Georges Pillement (French writer, translator and photographer) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Raymond Dronne.

How many famous people were born in Mayet?

2 people born in Mayet have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 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 Mayet known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Mayet?

Georges Pillement, born in 1898. The youngest on the list was born in 1908.

Who counts as from Mayet?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mayet 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.