#1Sports
Dan-Axel Zagadou
born 1999French footballer (born 1999)
34 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Créteil, Val-de-Marne
Athletes stand out among the 105 famous people born in Créteil
At the top of the list is the French footballer Dan-Axel Zagadou, covered in 34 languages. Mohamed Diamé is second and Christopher Samba third. Among the 40 towns in Val-de-Marne with famous people on record, the town ranks 2nd. More than half were born since 1970, 71 in all.
Born here
105
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dan-Axel Zagadou
34 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1717
Augustin-Jean-Charles Clément
Youngest
2007
Mohamed Kader Meïté
Most common field
Sports
62 people
What stands out about Créteil’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Créteil is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 3.1 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Créteil’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 25 in all.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Créteil
Dan-Axel Zagadou leads with articles in 34 languages, ahead of Mohamed Diamé (32) and Christopher Samba (30).
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Mohamed Diamé
born 1987Senegalese and French footballer
32 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Christopher Samba
born 1984Congolese-French footballer (born 1984)
30 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Créteil
Still to come: 102 more, from 1717 to 2007.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés counts 78 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés · 2 miVanessa Paradis & 77 moreMLVilleneuve-Saint-Georges · 3 miMaxence Lacroix & 71 more
Choisy-le-Roi · 3 miJean-Pierre Petit & 39 more
Maisons-Alfort · 2 miTariq Abdul-Wahad & 30 more
Saint-Maurice · 2 miEugène Delacroix & 26 moreJPAlfortville · 2 miJonathan Prank & 17 more
Joinville-le-Pont · 2 miMarc Bouissou & 16 more
Sucy-en-Brie · 3 miNicolas Maurice-Belay & 12 moreQuestions about famous people from Créteil
Who is the most famous person from Créteil?
Dan-Axel Zagadou (French footballer (born 1999)) is the best known by our measure: 34 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Mohamed Diamé and Christopher Samba.
How many famous people were born in Créteil?
105 people born in Créteil have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 139 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 Créteil known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 62 of the 105. That is 59% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Créteil?
Augustin-Jean-Charles Clément, born in 1717. The youngest on the list was born in 2007.
Who counts as from Créteil?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Créteil 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 (51)
- Dan-Axel Zagadou: Jeollo von VfB-exklusiv.de, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mohamed Diamé: Egghead06, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christopher Samba: Рыбакова Елена, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nedim Remili: Wenflou, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheila: Erio TAC France- Perpignan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Trentin: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sammy Traoré: PieRRoMaN, CC BY-SA 1.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isaia Cordinier: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Chatrier: Laurence John Broderick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alvyn Sanches: Petitpequin, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Soumah: Jean-Marc Liotier, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvain Francisco: Like tears in rain, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hervé Bazile: S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Nkololo: Benoit-caen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laëtitia Tonazzi: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nolan Traoré: Pajicz, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lina Jacques-Sébastien: Lina_Jacques-Sébastien_2010_b.jpg : Siren-Com derivative work: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Bastareaud: Original: Stemoc ; Derivative work: Blackcat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Boucher: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Danilson da Cruz: Vinckie, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Djibril Diani: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ethan Cormont: Stefano Delfrate, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelly Gago: LHC88, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Serme: stevecubbins, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lahaou Konaté: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sébastien Gondouin: Mickael Denet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fabien Paschal: René Hourdry, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Axel Médéric: Axelmederic, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucas Serme: Dacoucou, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphane Cordinier: Fédération française de handball, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- AP: Nicolas Richoffer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Lefèvre: Nicolas Maramotti, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Évelyne Renaud-Garabedian: Sénat, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Marois: Simon Dumas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Enzo Hodebar: arno berndsen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Estelle-Sarah Bulle: ActuaLitté, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvain Desclous: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Édouard Lecouteux: Société des agriculteurs de France, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emmanuel Felsina: uuij, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Isabelle Bauthian: MichelXeuv, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Viveret: English, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sabrina Rauch: Virginie Egles, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thierry Binisti: Erio Tac - France, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Valère Staraselski: Arlette Vidal-Naquet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Xavier Penin: Overzaz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vanessa Paradis: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Pierre Petit: Jean-Pierre Petit, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tariq Abdul-Wahad: Made by one of User:Poppy 's friend, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène Delacroix: Eugène Delacroix, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Bouissou: AdLcn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Maurice-Belay: Romain Dagbert, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.