Photo: Chatsam · CC BY-SA 3.0Bruyères-sur-Oise has yet to put a famous person on the list
Go 2 mi to Beaumont-sur-Oise and the list grows to 18, with Presnel Kimpembe at the top. The longest list of any town in Val-d'Oise belongs to Argenteuil, with 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 Bruyères-sur-Oise (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 Bruyères-sur-Oise yet.
Famous people born near Bruyères-sur-Oise
The longest list nearby is Beaumont-sur-Oise’s, with 18.
Gouvieux · 5 miJean-Philippe Sabo & 5 more
Persan · 3 miArthur Levasseur & 2 more
Viarmes · 3 miPauline Savari & 1 moreCBAsnières-sur-Oise · 2 miCharles BecquetLVSaint-Martin-du-Tertre · 4 miLouis-Sulpice Varé
Chambly · 4 miRené Quentier
Champagne-sur-Oise · 4 miClaude ViseuxQuestions about famous people from Bruyères-sur-Oise
Who counts as from Bruyères-sur-Oise?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bruyères-sur-Oise 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 (5)
- Jean-Philippe Sabo: Olympique_de_Marseille_2011.jpeg : mustapha_ennaimi derivative work: Traleni, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Levasseur: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pauline Savari: Buizard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Quentier: http://www.om4ever.com/CoupeFrance/1920/Coupe1927-1928.html, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Viseux: Pantalaskas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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