Photo: Noé Bodin · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people from Dompierre-sur-Yon
The nearest list is in La Roche-sur-Yon, 5 mi away: 73 names, starting with Émile Faguet. The list for Dompierre-sur-Yon is empty for now. 102 of the towns in Vendée list at least one person. The longest list in Vendée is La Roche-sur-Yon’s, with 73 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Dompierre-sur-Yon (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Dompierre-sur-Yon yet.
Famous people born near Dompierre-sur-Yon
La Roche-sur-Yon has the longest list next door: 73.
Questions about famous people from Dompierre-sur-Yon
Who counts as from Dompierre-sur-Yon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Dompierre-sur-Yon 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 (2)
- Émile Faguet: Félix Potin company (1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yannick Jaulin: NeveuMael, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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