Roiffé has no famous person on record yet
A short trip away, Saumur (11 mi) counts 103 famous people, Coco Chanel among them. The longest list in Vienne is Poitiers’, with 238 names. Châtellerault has the second-longest list in Vienne, after Poitiers, with 65. Famous people are on record for 84 of the towns in Vienne.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Roiffé (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 Roiffé as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Roiffé
Saumur leads the towns around it, with 103 names.
Questions about famous people from Roiffé
Who counts as from Roiffé?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Roiffé 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)
- 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
- Claire-Clémence de Maillé: Jean-Marie Ribou / anonymous, 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.