No famous person born in Lairoux is listed yet
A short trip away, Luçon (4 mi) counts 24 famous people, François Bégaudeau among them. In Vendée, 102 towns have someone on the list. 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 Lairoux (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 Lairoux yet.
Famous people born near Lairoux
Luçon leads the towns around it, with 24 names.
Luçon · 4 miFrançois Bégaudeau & 23 more
Saint-Jean-d'Hermine · 11 miHenri Boutet & 3 moreCMMareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais · 6 miChristophe de Margerie & 1 moreLCL'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île · 9 miLouis Chevalier & 1 moreACRives de l'Yon · 10 miAdolphe-Auguste de Maynard de La Claye & 1 moreLALongeville-sur-Mer · 11 miLéon AiméGPNesmy · 12 miGilbert ProuteauQuestions about famous people from Lairoux
Who counts as from Lairoux?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lairoux 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)
- François Bégaudeau: Librairie Mollat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Boutet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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.