Chars has no famous person on record yet
Just 10 mi away, Pontoise’s list holds 72 names, Nicolas Flamel the best known. The longest list in Val-d'Oise is Argenteuil’s, with 97 names. In Val-d'Oise, 73 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chars (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Chars as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Chars
Of the towns around it, Pontoise has the most on record: 72.
Pontoise · 10 miNicolas Flamel & 71 moreFMMeulan-en-Yvelines · 10 miFerland Mendy & 24 moreFHChaumont-en-Vexin · 8 miFrançois Heutte & 8 moreRBMéru · 10 miRachid Bouhenna & 8 more
Magny-en-Vexin · 7 miJean-Baptiste Santerre & 5 more
Marines · 2 miAlain Brieux & 3 more
Cergy · 9 miNorbert Abramov & 1 moreCLOsny · 9 miChristian LéonQuestions about famous people from Chars
Who counts as from Chars?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chars 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)
- Nicolas Flamel: Balthasar Moncornet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Baptiste Santerre: Jean-Baptiste Santerre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Brieux: Louette dominique, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Norbert Abramov: Benj05, 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.