Photo: Bastien.pierre · CC BY-SA 4.0Next door to Sainte-Foy, Les Sables-d'Olonne lists 31 famous people
The longest list in Vendée is La Roche-sur-Yon’s, with 73 names. Fontenay-le-Comte has the second-longest list in Vendée, after La Roche-sur-Yon, with 55. No famous person on record lists Sainte-Foy as their birthplace yet. Across Vendée, the lists cover 102 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sainte-Foy (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 Sainte-Foy yet.
Famous people born near Sainte-Foy
Nearby, Les Sables-d'Olonne has the most on record, with 31.
Questions about famous people from Sainte-Foy
Who counts as from Sainte-Foy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sainte-Foy 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 (4)
- François l'Olonnais: Unknown, book by Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Mestre: Jinx75116, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène Gréau: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yannick Jaulin: NeveuMael, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.