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Famous people · Vouillé, Vienne

3 famous people were born in Vouillé

Articles in 6 languages make the French diplomat Yves Chataigneau the best known. Behind the leader come Cédric Énard and Céleste Bouglé. Michel Foucault tops the 238 names on record in Poitiers, 9 mi away. For every 10,000 residents the town has 8.1, while at least half the towns in Vienne list nobody born there.

#2 best knownCédric ÉnardNotable · born 1976
+1more
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Yves Chataigneau
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1854
Céleste Bouglé
Youngest
1976
Cédric Énard
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known

Born in Vouillé

Yves Chataigneau, Cédric Énard and Céleste Bouglé are written about in 6, 5 and 2 languages.

YC#1
Politics & Law

Yves Chataigneau

1891–1969

French diplomat (1891–1969)

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Cédric Énard#2
Notable

Cédric Énard

born 1976

French volleyball player

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Céleste Bouglé#3
Science & Medicine

Céleste Bouglé

1854–1933

French physician

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Vouillé is known for

1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The neighbour with the most names is Poitiers, at 238.

Questions about famous people from Vouillé

Who is the most famous person from Vouillé?

Yves Chataigneau (French diplomat (1891–1969)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Cédric Énard and Céleste Bouglé.

How many famous people were born in Vouillé?

3 people born in Vouillé have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Vouillé known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vouillé?

Céleste Bouglé, born in 1854. The youngest on the list was born in 1976.

Who counts as from Vouillé?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vouillé 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 (6)

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.