#1Le Val-d'Ajol counts 4 famous people, first among them Père Duval
Articles in 10 languages make the French composer Père Duval the best known. Close behind are Hervé Collot and Michel Joly. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.3 on the list, well above the typical Vosges town’s 4.8. The biggest group are athletes: 2.

Born in Le Val-d'Ajol
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1Hervé Collot
1932–2025French association football player
Michel Joly
born 1949French association football player
When Le Val-d'Ajol’s famous people were born
The busiest decade was the 1910s, with 1 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Le Val-d'Ajol is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Le Val-d'Ajol
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Remiremont has the most on record: 57.
Remiremont · 7 miClément Noël & 56 more
Luxeuil-les-Bains · 10 miJérémy Mathieu & 26 moreAPSaint-Loup-sur-Semouse · 11 miArmand Petitjean & 5 moreJDRupt-sur-Moselle · 8 miJean Desbordes & 4 more
Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert · 5 miAuguste Peureux
Saint-Nabord · 8 miMaurice Flayelle
Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont · 8 miRené Dinkel
Xertigny · 9 miAndré SérotQuestions about famous people from Le Val-d'Ajol
Who is the most famous person from Le Val-d'Ajol?
Père Duval (French composer (1918–1984)) is the best known by our measure: 10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Hervé Collot and Michel Joly.
How many famous people were born in Le Val-d'Ajol?
4 people born in Le Val-d'Ajol have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Le Val-d'Ajol known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Le Val-d'Ajol?
Père Duval, born in 1918. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Le Val-d'Ajol?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Val-d'Ajol 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 (7)
- Père Duval: Grentidez, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clément Noël: Pierre Berendes, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jérémy Mathieu: Lucio fr – Luc-Éric Manneville, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Peureux: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Flayelle: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Dinkel: Sabine Egenschwiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Sérot: 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.