#1Sports
Wissam Ben Yedder
born 1990French footballer (born 1990)
49 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Sarcelles, Val-d'Oise
Of the 59 famous people born in Sarcelles, an unusual share are athletes
Articles in 49 languages make the French footballer Wissam Ben Yedder the best known. Second and third on the list are Mathys Tel and Sarah-Léonie Cysique. The largest group, 48, was born since 1970. For every 10,000 residents there are 10 on the list, well above the typical Val-d'Oise town’s 1.3.
Born here
59
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Wissam Ben Yedder
49 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1828
Eugène Cyrille Brunet
Youngest
2009
Moïse Kouamé
Most common field
Sports
32 people
What stands out about Sarcelles’ famous people
A town of athletesAthletes make up 32 of the 59, 2.9 times the usual share.Still making namesThe most recent birth on the list came in 2009, among 52 since 1950.Known worldwideWissam Ben Yedder has an article in 49 languages, more than anyone else from here.59 notable peopleSarcelles lists 59 notable people, more than most towns.
★ What stands out · Known for
What Sarcelles is known for
Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 2.9 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Sarcelles’ famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1990s, at 15.
SportsMusicPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Sarcelles
Counted by languages, Wissam Ben Yedder is ahead of Mathys Tel and Sarah-Léonie Cysique: 49, 32 and 26.
#1
#2Sports
Mathys Tel
born 2005French association football player (born 2005)
32 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Sarcelles
56 more, best known first.
Jean Celeyrette
born 1938French mathematician, philosopher of science and medievalist
Science & MedicineWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Gonesse · 3 miAxel Disasi & 39 moreMAMontmorency · 3 miMarie-Hélène Arnaud & 36 more
Villiers-le-Bel · 2 miMarie-Laure Delie & 12 moreMCStains · 2 miMohamed-Ali Cho & 10 more
Garges-lès-Gonesse · 1 miMr Brainwash & 5 more
Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt · 1 miRené Dubos & 5 more
Dugny · 3 miKader Attia & 3 morePDArnouville · 2 miPatricia Demilly & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Sarcelles
Who is the most famous person from Sarcelles?
Wissam Ben Yedder (French footballer (born 1990)) is the best known by our measure: 49 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Mathys Tel and Sarah-Léonie Cysique.
How many famous people were born in Sarcelles?
59 people born in Sarcelles have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 79 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 Sarcelles known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 32 of the 59. That is 54% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sarcelles?
Eugène Cyrille Brunet, born in 1828. The youngest on the list was born in 2009.
Who counts as from Sarcelles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sarcelles 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 (33)
- Wissam Ben Yedder: Bigmatbasket, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathys Tel: Zack Nani, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sarah-Léonie Cysique: Sport en France, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dimitri Foulquier: Catherine Kõrtsmik from Tallinn, Estonia, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Steeve Yago: Effathéophile105, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Younousse Sankharé: PSGMAG.NET from Paris, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jérôme Roussillon: 34 super héros, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Didier Domi: PSGMAG.NET, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- James Léa-Siliki: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Delphine Delrue: Kuberzog, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Thomas: Trowa Barton, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Moïse Kouamé: Xavierheraud, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rabah Slimani: Drelnr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Assous: NYC2TLV, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sekou Macalou: Société Générale, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène Cyrille Brunet: Delton, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Manuel Thétis: Ganesco, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anasse Kazib: PabloMorao27, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ibrahim Diallo: Helene Brasseur, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphanie Atger: Like tears in rain, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yomtob Kalfon: אליסף רובינשטיין, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arié Alimi: Greenbox, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amélie Pochet: Sanguinez, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barbara Tissier: Eriotac, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ben-J: Ngilozi, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Khady Diallo: Decdam, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Odette Ndoye: alainalele1, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Eskenazi: Pantalaskas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Axel Disasi: Ksiamon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Laure Delie: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mr Brainwash: Kim Leng Hills, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Dubos: United Press International, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Kader Attia: Franz Johann Morgenbesser, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.