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Benoît Guillemot
born 1979French ice hockey player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Fontenay, Vosges
Benoît Guillemot, born in 1979, is Fontenay’s famous person on record
In 1979, the French ice hockey player Benoît Guillemot was born. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. Within 7 mi, Épinal lists the most: 138, with Émile Durkheim first. Across Vosges, the lists cover 130 towns.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Benoît Guillemot
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1979
Benoît Guillemot
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Fontenay
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Épinal has the most on record, with 138.
Questions about famous people from Fontenay
Who is the most famous person from Fontenay?
Benoît Guillemot (French ice hockey player) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Fontenay?
1 people born in Fontenay have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Fontenay known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who counts as from Fontenay?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Fontenay 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 (3)
- Émile Durkheim: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Constant Billot: E. Pirodon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Lurçat: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.