No one born in Notre-Dame-de-Riez has made the famous people list yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Challans, 6 mi away: 13, led by Jacqueline Auriol. 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. Famous people are on record for 102 of the towns in Vendée.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Notre-Dame-de-Riez (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 Notre-Dame-de-Riez yet.
Famous people born near Notre-Dame-de-Riez
Close by, Challans counts 13 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Challans · 6 miJacqueline Auriol & 12 more
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie · 4 miSerge Papin & 3 more
Saint-Jean-de-Monts · 7 miYvan Dautin & 2 moreLCSaint-Hilaire-de-Riez · 3 miLouis Caiveau & 1 more
Soullans · 3 miCharles Milcendeau & 1 more
Commequiers · 3 miCharles-François de La Rochefoucauld-BayersCMSallertaine · 8 miClaude MoreauFBBretignolles-sur-Mer · 9 miFrançoise BertierQuestions about famous people from Notre-Dame-de-Riez
Who counts as from Notre-Dame-de-Riez?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Notre-Dame-de-Riez 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
- Serge Papin: Bogdan Hoyaux / European Union, 2025 / EC - Audiovisual Service, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yvan Dautin: Photographe de la Ville de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, dans le cadre de sa mission ; scan par Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Milcendeau: Henri Evenepoel (1872-1899), 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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