Famous people from Pouançay
The neighbour with the longest list is Saumur, 11 mi away: 103, led by Coco Chanel. Poitiers’ 238 names make the longest list in Vienne. After Poitiers, the next longest list in Vienne is Châtellerault’s, with 65. No entry yet names Pouançay as a birthplace.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pouançay (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 Pouançay yet.
Famous people born near Pouançay
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Saumur · 11 miCoco Chanel & 102 moreJAThouars · 10 miJean-Hugues Anglade & 28 more
Loudun · 10 miIsmaël Boulliau & 26 more
Montreuil-Bellay · 4 miAlphonse Toussenel & 6 more
Doué-en-Anjou · 12 miAnthony Réveillère & 6 moreABLoretz-d'Argenton · 8 miAndré Brosset & 1 more
Bellevigne-les-Châteaux · 7 miClaire-Clémence de MailléQuestions about famous people from Pouançay
Who counts as from Pouançay?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pouançay 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)
- Coco Chanel: Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ismaël Boulliau: Pieter van Schuppen (1623?-1702), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alphonse Toussenel: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Réveillère: Anthony_Réveillère_Euro_2012_vs_Spain.jpg : Станислав Ведмидь derivative work: Simo82, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claire-Clémence de Maillé: Jean-Marie Ribou / anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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