No famous person from Mailly-Raineval yet, but Montdidier next door has 14
Amiens’ 313 names make the longest list in Somme. After Amiens, the next longest list in Somme is Abbeville’s, with 100. Across Somme, the lists cover 149 towns. The best known born in Montdidier is Jean Fernel.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Mailly-Raineval (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 Mailly-Raineval as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Mailly-Raineval
Nearby, Montdidier has the most on record, with 14.
Montdidier · 9 miJean Fernel & 13 more
Corbie · 12 miColette de Corbie & 11 more
Breteuil · 11 miRosalie Lamorlière & 7 more
Longueau · 10 miAndré Augustin Sallé & 2 morePMMoreuil · 2 miPascal Morvillers & 1 moreHCVillers-Bretonneux · 9 miHorace Colmaire & 1 moreCMBoves · 8 miCharles MollienLSCamon · 11 miLionel SachyQuestions about famous people from Mailly-Raineval
Who counts as from Mailly-Raineval?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mailly-Raineval 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)
- Jean Fernel: Vigneron, artist; G. Engelmann, lithographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colette de Corbie: RickMorais, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosalie Lamorlière: Tony Robert-Fleury, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Augustin Sallé: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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