FT#1
Sports
Franck Tabanou
born 1989French footballer (born 1989)
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Thiais, Val-de-Marne
16 famous people from Thiais, many of them athletes
Most widely known is Franck Tabanou, the French footballer, with articles in 21 languages. Second and third on the list are Selim Ben Djemia and Wissam El Bekri. The largest group, 10, was born since 1970. The list comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 residents, about the same as the typical town in Val-de-Marne, at 3.6.
Born here
16
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Franck Tabanou
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1783
Adrien-Aimé Fleury de Bar
Youngest
1989
Selim Ben Djemia
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Thiais’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Thiais’ famous people were born
The 1980s saw the most births of any decade: 6.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsMusicFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Thiais is known for
Thiais has 2× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Thiais
All three are athletes.
SD#2
Sports
Selim Ben Djemia
born 1989Tunisian and French association football player
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
WB#3
Sports
Wissam El Bekri
born 1984Tunisian association football player
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Thiais
A further 13 follow, born between 1783 and 1982.
Adrien-Aimé Fleury de Bar
1783–1861French politician and officer (1783–1861)
Politics & LawWikipedia (French) ↗
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Villeneuve-Saint-Georges’, at 72 names.
MLVilleneuve-Saint-Georges · 3 miMaxence Lacroix & 71 moreCBVitry-sur-Seine · 2 miCédric Bakambu & 54 more
Choisy-le-Roi · 1 miJean-Pierre Petit & 39 moreJPAlfortville · 3 miJonathan Prank & 17 more
L'Haÿ-les-Roses · 2 miClémence Poésy & 15 more
Villejuif · 2 miCélestin Delmer & 8 more
Villeneuve-le-Roi · 2 miMichèle Alliot-Marie & 7 moreCBOrly · 1 miChristiane Barrier & 1 more
Choisy-le-Roi · 1 miJean-Pierre Petit & 39 moreJPAlfortville · 3 miJonathan Prank & 17 moreL'Haÿ-les-Roses · 2 miClémence Poésy & 15 moreVillejuif · 2 miCélestin Delmer & 8 moreVilleneuve-le-Roi · 2 miMichèle Alliot-Marie & 7 moreCBOrly · 1 miChristiane Barrier & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Thiais
Who is the most famous person from Thiais?
Franck Tabanou (French footballer (born 1989)) is the best known by our measure: 21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Selim Ben Djemia and Wissam El Bekri.
How many famous people were born in Thiais?
16 people born in Thiais have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 28 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 Thiais known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 16. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Thiais?
Adrien-Aimé Fleury de Bar, born in 1783. The youngest on the list was born in 1989.
Who counts as from Thiais?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Thiais 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 (10)
- Grégory Malicki: Alex-ch49, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dimitri Rougeul: Dimi9460, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fabienne Colboc: Loxos69, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yael Azoulay: Benaz99, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-Félix Delarue: Yelkrokoyade, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphane Payen: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Pierre Petit: Jean-Pierre Petit, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clémence Poésy: Myles Kalus Anak Jihem, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Célestin Delmer: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michèle Alliot-Marie: Remi Jouan ( CaptainHaddock ), CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.