Poilly-sur-Tholon has yet to put a famous person on the list
Joseph Fourier heads the list in Auxerre, 9 mi away, which has 105 names. The longest list of any town in Yonne belongs to Auxerre, with 105. After Auxerre, the next longest list in Yonne is Avallon’s, with 30. In Yonne, 112 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Poilly-sur-Tholon (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Poilly-sur-Tholon as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Poilly-sur-Tholon
Of the towns around it, Auxerre has the most on record: 105.
Questions about famous people from Poilly-sur-Tholon
Who counts as from Poilly-sur-Tholon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Poilly-sur-Tholon 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 (5)
- Joseph Fourier: Julien-Léopold Boilly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Pierre Larousse: 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.