Next door to Sapois, Remiremont lists 57 famous people
The list for Sapois is empty for now. 130 towns across Vosges can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Vosges belongs to Épinal, with 138. The best known born in Remiremont is Clément Noël.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sapois (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 Sapois yet.
Famous people born near Sapois
Around it, Remiremont has the most people on record, 57 of them.
Remiremont · 8 miClément Noël & 56 more
Gérardmer · 6 miEdward Gardère & 12 more
Cornimont · 5 miHubert Curien & 7 moreJDRupt-sur-Moselle · 8 miJean Desbordes & 4 more
La Bresse · 6 miGilbert Poirot & 3 more
Saulxures-sur-Moselotte · 5 miJean Poirot
Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont · 7 miRené DinkelAGÉloyes · 9 miAndré GravierQuestions about famous people from Sapois
Who counts as from Sapois?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sapois 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)
- Clément Noël: Pierre Berendes, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Gardère: RodolfoJuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hubert Curien: Jean Weber, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilbert Poirot: Manuguf, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Poirot: Heliot88, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Dinkel: Sabine Egenschwiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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