No one from Béthemont-la-Forêt is on the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, 3 mi away, lists the most: 6, Claire Voisin first. Argenteuil has the most of any town in Val-d'Oise: 97. After Argenteuil, the next longest list in Val-d'Oise is Pontoise’s, with 72. Famous people are on record for 73 of the towns in Val-d'Oise.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Béthemont-la-Forêt (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 Béthemont-la-Forêt yet.
Famous people born near Béthemont-la-Forêt
Around it, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt has the most people on record, 6 of them.
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt · 3 miClaire Voisin & 5 moreJLBeauchamp · 4 miJean Ledoux & 3 moreJDTaverny · 3 miJoffre Dumazedier & 2 more
Méry-sur-Oise · 3 miOdile Monguillon & 2 more
Le Plessis-Bouchard · 4 miStéphanie Frappart & 2 moreJPBessancourt · 2 miJean-Jacques Philipp & 1 moreCSMontlignon · 3 miClovis Sagot & 1 more
Frépillon · 2 miGeorges PaulmierQuestions about famous people from Béthemont-la-Forêt
Who counts as from Béthemont-la-Forêt?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Béthemont-la-Forêt 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)
- Claire Voisin: Voisinclaire, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Odile Monguillon: Jean Ferand, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphanie Frappart: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Paulmier: Agence Rol, 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.