No one from Looze is on the famous people list yet
Across Yonne, the lists cover 112 towns. Nearby, Joigny, 2 mi away, lists 24, led by Marcel Aymé. The longest list of any town in Yonne belongs to Auxerre, with 105. Avallon has the second-longest list in Yonne, after Auxerre, with 30.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Looze (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 Looze yet.
Famous people born near Looze
Close by, the fullest list is Joigny’s, at 24 names.
Questions about famous people from Looze
Who counts as from Looze?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Looze 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)
- Marcel Aymé: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cédric Pineau: Denismenchov08, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paulin Méry: Jules Beau, 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.