Photo: Lionel Allorge · CC BY-SA 3.0Bailly has yet to put a famous person on the list
Nearby, Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, 2 mi away, lists 22, led by Nicolas Anelka. In Yvelines, 88 towns have someone on the list. Versailles’ 458 names make the longest list in Yvelines. After Versailles, the next longest list in Yvelines is Saint-Germain-en-Laye’s, with 172.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bailly (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Bailly as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Bailly
The longest list nearby is Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt’s, with 22.
Saint-Cyr-l'École · 3 miColette Deréal & 14 more
Marly-le-Roi · 3 miAndré Theuriet & 7 more
La Celle-Saint-Cloud · 3 miHilaire Belloc & 7 more
Bougival · 3 miGeorges Lafosse & 5 more
Louveciennes · 2 miMiguel Zamacoïs & 4 moreAGL'Étang-la-Ville · 2 miAlain Gournac & 1 moreRCSaint-Nom-la-Bretèche · 3 miRobert ChazalQuestions about famous people from Bailly
Who counts as from Bailly?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bailly 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)
- Colette Deréal: Studio Harcourt., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Theuriet: Jules Bastien-Lepage, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilaire Belloc: T. & R. Annan & Sons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Lafosse: J. Blass, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Miguel Zamacoïs: Henri Othon Brauer, 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.