#1Laurent Puigségur
born 1972French handball coach and handball player
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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.

#1French handball coach and handball player
French architect
Share of Fresnes’ famous people in each field.
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Fontenay-aux-Roses leads the towns around it, with 52 names.
Fontenay-aux-Roses · 3 miPierre Bonnard & 51 moreAJAntony · 1 miAgnès Jaoui & 46 more
Châtenay-Malabry · 3 miAllan Saint-Maximin & 46 more
Bourg-la-Reine · 2 miÉvariste Galois & 45 more
Sceaux · 2 miAlain Delon & 20 more
L'Haÿ-les-Roses · 2 miClémence Poésy & 15 more
Bagneux · 3 miGeorgette Anys & 5 more
Verrières-le-Buisson · 3 miMapie de Toulouse-Lautrec & 4 moreLaurent 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.
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.
Phidias Vestier, born in 1796. The youngest on the list was born in 1972.
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.
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