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Robert Benoist
1895–1944French racing driver (1895–1944)
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Auffargis, Yvelines
The French racing driver Robert Benoist is the one famous person from Auffargis
The French racing driver Robert Benoist was born in 1895. That places their birth in the Belle Époque. 11 languages have an article about them. The neighbour with the longest list is Rambouillet, 4 mi away: 27, led by Jérémie Aliadière.
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Robert Benoist
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1895
Robert Benoist
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Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Auffargis
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Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Rambouillet’s, with 27.
Rambouillet · 4 miJérémie Aliadière & 26 moreIMTrappes · 7 miIbrahim Mbaye & 19 more
Montfort-l'Amaury · 7 miPierre Dupuis & 7 more
Jouars-Pontchartrain · 7 miGérard Fromanger & 4 more
Chevreuse · 7 miFernand Mithouard & 3 moreÉCLes Essarts-le-Roi · 2 miÉmile Cousin
Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis · 5 miAlain FontanelJMÉlancourt · 6 miJean-Philippe MendyQuestions about famous people from Auffargis
Who is the most famous person from Auffargis?
Robert Benoist (French racing driver (1895–1944)) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Auffargis?
1 people born in Auffargis have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Auffargis known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who counts as from Auffargis?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Auffargis 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)
- Jérémie Aliadière: XIIIfromTOKYO, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Dupuis: Antoine Masson / After Nicolas Mignard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gérard Fromanger: Pantalaskas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fernand Mithouard: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Fontanel: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.