No one from Grand'Landes is on the famous people list yet
Go 11 mi to Challans and the list grows to 13, with Jacqueline Auriol at the top. Famous people are on record for 102 of the towns in Vendée. The longest list of any town in Vendée belongs to La Roche-sur-Yon, with 73. After La Roche-sur-Yon, the next longest list in Vendée is Fontenay-le-Comte’s, with 55.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Grand'Landes (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 Grand'Landes yet.
Famous people born near Grand'Landes
Nearby, Challans has the most on record, with 13.
Challans · 11 miJacqueline Auriol & 12 more
Rocheservière · 10 miArmand Léon de Baudry d'Asson & 1 moreJABellevigny · 11 miJoseph Auré & 1 more
Aizenay · 7 miFabien GrellierCLLe Poiré-sur-Vie · 9 miChristian Letard
La Garnache · 10 miArmand Charles de Baudry d'Asson
Commequiers · 10 miCharles-François de La Rochefoucauld-BayersQuestions about famous people from Grand'Landes
Who counts as from Grand'Landes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Grand'Landes 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 (5)
- Jacqueline Auriol: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Armand Léon de Baudry d'Asson: photo by Isidore Alphonse Chalot . Upload and restoration by Jebulon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fabien Grellier: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Armand Charles de Baudry d'Asson: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles-François de La Rochefoucauld-Bayers: Jean-Michel Moreau (1741–1814) Texier G. (vers 1750-après 1824, graveur), Dejabin (éditeur), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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