No famous person from Saint-Hellier yet, but Neufchâtel-en-Bray next door has 11
173 towns in Seine-Maritime have at least one famous person on record. Rouen has the most of any town in Seine-Maritime: 654. After Rouen, the next longest list in Seine-Maritime is Le Havre’s, with 133. The best known born in Neufchâtel-en-Bray is Bruno Thibout.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Hellier (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 Saint-Hellier yet.
Famous people born near Saint-Hellier
Nearby, Neufchâtel-en-Bray has the most on record, with 11.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Hellier
Who counts as from Saint-Hellier?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Hellier 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 (1)
- Jean-Jacques Avenel: Annamarie Ursula, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.