Photo: Mairie La Ferrière · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person from La Ferrière yet, but La Roche-sur-Yon next door has 73
The longest list in Vendée is La Roche-sur-Yon’s, with 73 names. After La Roche-sur-Yon, the next longest list in Vendée is Fontenay-le-Comte’s, with 55. 102 of the towns in Vendée list at least one person. La Roche-sur-Yon’s list is led by Émile Faguet.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Ferrière (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm La Ferrière as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near La Ferrière
The most names next door are in La Roche-sur-Yon: 73.
La Roche-sur-Yon · 6 miÉmile Faguet & 72 moreJTSaint-Martin-des-Noyers · 6 miJean-Charles Thomas & 2 more
Bournezeau · 10 miAmédée de Béjarry & 2 moreJABellevigny · 7 miJoseph Auré & 1 moreACRives de l'Yon · 9 miAdolphe-Auguste de Maynard de La Claye & 1 moreHBLa Chaize-le-Vicomte · 3 miHubert BarbierCLLe Poiré-sur-Vie · 9 miChristian LetardGPNesmy · 9 miGilbert ProuteauQuestions about famous people from La Ferrière
Who counts as from La Ferrière?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Ferrière 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
- Amédée de Béjarry: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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