Famous people from Chalifert
No entry yet names Chalifert as a birthplace. The neighbour with the longest list is Lagny-sur-Marne, 3 mi away: 32, led by Paul Pogba. In Seine-et-Marne, 128 towns have someone on the list. The longest list in Seine-et-Marne is Melun’s, with 112 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chalifert (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 Chalifert yet.
Famous people born near Chalifert
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Chalifert, with how many people each has.
Thorigny-sur-Marne · 3 miFrançoise Huguier & 3 more
Coupvray · 1 miLouis BrailleJBChessy · 1 miJacques François Barbuat de Maison-Rouge de Boisgérard
Esbly · 2 miMarcel DanthenyAHMontry · 3 miAndréas Hountondji
Chanteloup-en-Brie · 3 miHenri Cartier-BressonJRSaint-Germain-sur-Morin · 3 miJacques RoynetteQuestions about famous people from Chalifert
Who counts as from Chalifert?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chalifert 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)
- Françoise Huguier: Claude Truong-Ngoc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Braille: Henri Thiriat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Dantheny: Caroline Dantheny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Cartier-Bresson: Ihei Kimura, Public domain, 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.