Photo: Franck devedjian · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people born near Buc
Of its neighbours, Versailles, 2 mi away, lists the most: 458, Louis XV first. So far, no famous person on record was born in Buc. In all of Yvelines, the famous people on record come from 88 towns. The longest list of any town in Yvelines belongs to Versailles, with 458.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Buc (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 Buc as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Buc
Close by, Versailles counts 458 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Versailles · 2 miLouis XV & 457 moreNALe Chesnay-Rocquencourt · 3 miNicolas Anelka & 21 more
Saint-Cyr-l'École · 3 miColette Deréal & 14 more
Chaville · 4 miPhilippe Soupault & 6 moreARVélizy-Villacoublay · 3 miAline Riera & 4 more
Jouy-en-Josas · 2 miEugène d'Harcourt & 2 more
Viroflay · 3 miJean-François Kahn & 2 morePLGuyancourt · 3 miPaul-Marie LeroyQuestions about famous people from Buc
Who counts as from Buc?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Buc 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)
- Louis XV: Manner of Louis-Michel van Loo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Colette Deréal: Studio Harcourt., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Soupault: Robert Delaunay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugène d'Harcourt: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-François Kahn: Roland Godefroy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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