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Photo: VVVCFFrance · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Montlignon, Val-d'Oise
2 famous people call Montlignon their birthplace
Clovis Sagot, the French art dealer, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The list has one more: the French soldier Robert Boissau. The first birth on record is Clovis Sagot’s, in 1854, and the last Robert Boissau’s, in 1886. For more famous names, Montmorency is 2 mi away: its list has 37, led by Marie-Hélène Arnaud.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Clovis Sagot
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1854
Clovis Sagot
Youngest
1886
Robert Boissau
The best known
Born in Montlignon
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Military
Robert Boissau
1886–1950French soldier (1886–1950)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Montlignon is known for
The field with the most names is Military: 1.
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
Close by, Montmorency counts 37 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
MAMontmorency · 2 miMarie-Hélène Arnaud & 36 more
Ermont · 2 miAlice Taglioni & 33 more
Soisy-sous-Montmorency · 2 miAdrian Mannarino & 28 more
Eaubonne · 1 miSébastien Lecornu & 11 more
Domont · 3 miJean-Pierre Changeux & 11 more
Saint-Leu-la-Forêt · 2 miClaire Voisin & 5 more
Le Plessis-Bouchard · 2 miStéphanie Frappart & 2 more
Franconville · 3 miMaurice Dupuis & 1 more
Ermont · 2 miAlice Taglioni & 33 moreSoisy-sous-Montmorency · 2 miAdrian Mannarino & 28 moreEaubonne · 1 miSébastien Lecornu & 11 moreDomont · 3 miJean-Pierre Changeux & 11 moreSaint-Leu-la-Forêt · 2 miClaire Voisin & 5 moreLe Plessis-Bouchard · 2 miStéphanie Frappart & 2 moreFranconville · 3 miMaurice Dupuis & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Montlignon
Who is the most famous person from Montlignon?
Clovis Sagot (French art dealer) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Robert Boissau.
How many famous people were born in Montlignon?
2 people born in Montlignon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Montlignon?
Clovis Sagot, born in 1854. The youngest on the list was born in 1886.
Who counts as from Montlignon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Montlignon 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 (7)
- Alice Taglioni: Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adrian Mannarino: Carine06 from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sébastien Lecornu: U.S. Secretary of Defense, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Pierre Changeux: Jean-Pierre Changeux, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claire Voisin: Voisinclaire, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphanie Frappart: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Dupuis: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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