Nauvay has no famous person on record yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Mamers, 7 mi away: 15, led by Jacques Triger. The Sarthe lists hold names for 95 towns. The longest list of any town in Sarthe belongs to Le Mans, with 160. La Flèche has the second-longest list in Sarthe, after Le Mans, with 31.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Nauvay (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 Nauvay yet.
Famous people born near Nauvay
Mamers leads the towns around it, with 15 names.
Questions about famous people from Nauvay
Who counts as from Nauvay?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Nauvay 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)
- Jacques Triger: Dr. Olivier Couffon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Casimir Lefaucheux: Unknown author circa 1830-35.., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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