No one from Grébault-Mesnil is on the famous people list yet
Abbeville, 8 mi away, has 100 on its list, the best known Rose Bertin. Across Somme, the lists cover 149 towns. No town in Somme lists more than Amiens, with 313.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Grébault-Mesnil (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Grébault-Mesnil as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Grébault-Mesnil
Nearby, Abbeville has the most on record, with 100.
Questions about famous people from Grébault-Mesnil
Who counts as from Grébault-Mesnil?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Grébault-Mesnil 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)
- Rose Bertin: Jean-François Janinet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilles Defacque: PBA Lille, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.