No famous person from Chenou yet, but Nemours next door has 20
In Seine-et-Marne, 128 towns have someone on the list. The longest list of any town in Seine-et-Marne belongs to Melun, with 112. After Melun, the next longest list in Seine-et-Marne is Fontainebleau’s, with 100. Nemours’ list is led by Geoffrey Kondogbia.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chenou (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 Chenou yet.
Famous people born near Chenou
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Chenou, with how many people each has.
Château-Landon · 2 miArthur Chaussy & 2 moreFBSaint-Pierre-lès-Nemours · 7 miFabrice Bry & 1 more
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais · 8 miRené-Georges Gastellier & 1 moreJJChâlette-sur-Loing · 10 miJean Joubert & 1 moreLFSouppes-sur-Loing · 4 miLéon FrotCBCorquilleroy · 9 miClaude BillardQuestions about famous people from Chenou
Who counts as from Chenou?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chenou 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)
- Arthur Chaussy: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René-Georges Gastellier: Jacques Marie Noël Frémy / After Lucile Foullon-Vachot, 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.