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Famous people · Villiers-Saint-Benoît, Yonne

Villiers-Saint-Benoît is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Articles in 2 languages make the French politician François-Alexandre Ragon-Gillet the best known. Étienne Bouillé, the French painter, comes second, with Pierre-Augustin Boyer third. Within 10 mi, Montholon lists the most: 4, with Paulin Méry first. The list runs from François-Alexandre Ragon-Gillet, born in 1765, to Étienne Bouillé, born in 1858.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
François-Alexandre Ragon-Gillet
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1765
François-Alexandre Ragon-Gillet
Youngest
1858
Étienne Bouillé
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known

Born in Villiers-Saint-Benoît

Writers and artists take two of the three places.

FR#1
Politics & Law

François-Alexandre Ragon-Gillet

1765–1814

French politician

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
ÉB#2
Writing & Arts

Étienne Bouillé

1858–1933

French painter (1858-1933)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
PB#3
Writing & Arts

Pierre-Augustin Boyer

1821–1896

French publisher

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Villiers-Saint-Benoît is known for

Share of Villiers-Saint-Benoît’s famous people in each field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Montholon leads the towns around it, with 4 names.

Questions about famous people from Villiers-Saint-Benoît

Who is the most famous person from Villiers-Saint-Benoît?

François-Alexandre Ragon-Gillet (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Étienne Bouillé and Pierre-Augustin Boyer.

How many famous people were born in Villiers-Saint-Benoît?

3 people born in Villiers-Saint-Benoît have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Villiers-Saint-Benoît known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Villiers-Saint-Benoît?

François-Alexandre Ragon-Gillet, born in 1765. The youngest on the list was born in 1858.

Who counts as from Villiers-Saint-Benoît?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Villiers-Saint-Benoît 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 (2)

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.