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Famous people · Fresnes, Val-de-Marne

Fresnes’ famous people span 176 years: 2 births from 1796 to 1972

Most widely known is Laurent Puigségur, the French handball coach and handball player, with articles in 4 languages. The list has one more: the French architect Phidias Vestier. Go 3 mi to Fontenay-aux-Roses and the list grows to 52, with Pierre Bonnard at the top. Laurent Puigségur was born in 1972.

#1 best knownLaurent PuigségurNotable · born 1972
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Laurent Puigségur
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1796
Phidias Vestier
Youngest
1972
Laurent Puigségur
The best known

Born in Fresnes

Laurent Puigségur#1
Notable

Laurent Puigségur

born 1972

French handball coach and handball player

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
PV#2
Writing & Arts

Phidias Vestier

1796–1874

French architect

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Fresnes is known for

Share of Fresnes’ famous people in each field.

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Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Fontenay-aux-Roses leads the towns around it, with 52 names.

Questions about famous people from Fresnes

Who is the most famous person from Fresnes?

Laurent Puigségur (French handball coach and handball player) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Phidias Vestier.

How many famous people were born in Fresnes?

2 people born in Fresnes have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fresnes?

Phidias Vestier, born in 1796. The youngest on the list was born in 1972.

Who counts as from Fresnes?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Fresnes 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 (8)

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.