Saint-Gervais has yet to put a famous person on the list
Of its neighbours, Gisors, 8 mi away, lists the most: 12, Didier Digard 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. In all of Val-d'Oise, the famous people on record come from 73 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Gervais (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 Saint-Gervais yet.
Famous people born near Saint-Gervais
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Saint-Gervais, with how many people each has.
Gisors · 8 miDidier Digard & 11 moreFHChaumont-en-Vexin · 9 miFrançois Heutte & 8 more
Magny-en-Vexin · 1 miJean-Baptiste Santerre & 5 more
Marines · 10 miAlain Brieux & 3 more
Vexin-sur-Epte · 8 miGuillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu & 1 moreRBLimay · 12 miRaymond Bonnardel & 1 more
Étrépagny · 12 miCorinne Le Moal & 1 moreAAGasny · 9 miArmand Albert-PetitQuestions about famous people from Saint-Gervais
Who counts as from Saint-Gervais?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Gervais 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)
- Didier Digard: Mirasol, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Baptiste Santerre: Jean-Baptiste Santerre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Brieux: Louette dominique, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu: Charles Devrits, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Corinne Le Moal: MEADYCO, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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