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Famous people · Sannois, Val-d'Oise

14 famous people were born in Sannois, more of them performers than in most towns

At the top of the list is the French film producer and director Jean Chalopin, covered in 13 languages. Serge Beucherie and Philippe Lefebure follow. The largest group, 10, was born between 1914 and 1969. Over 94 years of births, the list goes from Gabrielle Henriette Rieunier-Rouzaud (1878) to Sylvain Vallée (1972).

#1 best knownJean ChalopinFilm, TV & Stage · born 1950
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Born here
14
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean Chalopin
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1878
Gabrielle Henriette Rieunier-Rouzaud
Youngest
1972
Sylvain Vallée
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
5 people

What stands out about Sannois’ famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Sannois is known for

Sannois has 4.2× the usual share of performers.

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

Through the years

When Sannois’ famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1950s, at 4.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th century19001950Jeannine Dion-GuérinJean ChalopinJacques BerliozPhilippe Lefebure
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSportsMusicScience & Medicine

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Sannois

Two of the three are athletes.

Jean Chalopin#1
Film, TV & Stage

Jean Chalopin

born 1950

French film producer and director

13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Serge Beucherie#2
Sports

Serge Beucherie

born 1955

French cyclist

9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
PL#3
Sports

Philippe Lefebure

1908–1973

French ice hockey player (1908–1973)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Sannois

The rest number 11, with 5 writers and artists among them.

Jeannine Dion-Guérin

Jeannine Dion-Guérin

1933–2025

French poet (1933-2025)

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
GR

Gabrielle Henriette Rieunier-Rouzaud

1878–1958

French painter (1878-1958)

PM

Patrick Martinet

1953–2020

French screenwriter and director and creator of the Burkinabe series Les Bobodioufs

Film, TV & StageWikipedia (French) ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The best known from each town within 12 mi of Sannois, with how many people each has.

Questions about famous people from Sannois

Who is the most famous person from Sannois?

Jean Chalopin (French film producer and director) is the best known by our measure: 13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Serge Beucherie and Philippe Lefebure.

How many famous people were born in Sannois?

14 people born in Sannois have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 22 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 Sannois known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 5 of the 14. That is 36% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sannois?

Gabrielle Henriette Rieunier-Rouzaud, born in 1878. The youngest on the list was born in 1972.

Who counts as from Sannois?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sannois 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 (13)

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.