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Famous people · Méry-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise

Méry-sur-Oise is the birthplace of 3 famous people

The best known is the French athletics competitor Odile Monguillon, with articles in 3 languages. Bernard Dubois and Yves Koechlin follow. Nearby, Pontoise, 4 mi away, lists 72, led by Nicolas Flamel. For every 10,000 residents there are 3 on the list, well above the typical Val-d'Oise town’s 1.3.

#1 best knownOdile MonguillonSports · 1930–2005
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Odile Monguillon
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1922
Yves Koechlin
Youngest
1945
Bernard Dubois
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Méry-sur-Oise

Three names lead: Odile Monguillon (3 languages), Bernard Dubois (2) and Yves Koechlin (1).

Odile Monguillon#1
Sports

Odile Monguillon

1930–2005

French athletics competitor (born 1930)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
BD#2
Film, TV & Stage

Bernard Dubois

born 1945

French film director and actor

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
YK#3
Science & Medicine

Yves Koechlin

1922–2011

French physicist, engineer and naval officer

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Méry-sur-Oise is known for

Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The longest list nearby is Pontoise’s, with 72.

Questions about famous people from Méry-sur-Oise

Who is the most famous person from Méry-sur-Oise?

Odile Monguillon (French athletics competitor (born 1930)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Bernard Dubois and Yves Koechlin.

How many famous people were born in Méry-sur-Oise?

3 people born in Méry-sur-Oise have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Méry-sur-Oise known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Méry-sur-Oise?

Yves Koechlin, born in 1922. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.

Who counts as from Méry-sur-Oise?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Méry-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 (4)

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.