#110 famous people were born in Houilles, most of them between 1914 and 1969
Pascal Barré, the French athlete, is the most widely known, written about in 14 languages. From Maurice-Antoine Drouard in 1899 to Pierre Reynaud in 1968, the births cover 69 years. Fewer than a quarter of the 88 towns in Yvelines with famous people list more. For every 10,000 residents there are 2.9 on the list, well above the typical Yvelines town’s 0.4.
Born in Houilles
Counted by languages, Pascal Barré is ahead of Jeanne Loriod and Claude Bonin-Pissarro: 14, 8 and 5.
#1Jeanne Loriod
1928–2001French musician (1928–2001)
#3Claude Bonin-Pissarro
1921–2021French painter (1921-2021)
When Houilles’ famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 4.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Houilles is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 1.6 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Houilles
Still to come: 7 more, from 1899 to 1968.



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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Houilles, with how many people each has.
Argenteuil · 3 miGeorges Braque & 96 more
Colombes · 3 miEliaquim Mangala & 91 more
Nanterre · 3 miAbdoulaye Diaby & 51 more
Maisons-Laffitte · 2 miJean Cocteau & 41 more
La Garenne-Colombes · 3 miSteven Nzonzi & 36 more
Chatou · 3 miGeorges Mandel & 32 more
Sartrouville · 1 miPascal Lino & 21 moreLDCormeilles-en-Parisis · 3 miLouis Daguerre & 13 moreQuestions about famous people from Houilles
Who is the most famous person from Houilles?
Pascal Barré (French athlete) is the best known by our measure: 14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jeanne Loriod and Claude Bonin-Pissarro.
How many famous people were born in Houilles?
10 people born in Houilles have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 19 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Houilles known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 10. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Houilles?
Maurice-Antoine Drouard, born in 1899. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.
Who counts as from Houilles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Houilles 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 (12)
- Pascal Barré: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Bonin-Pissarro: Sylvie Bonin-Pissarro, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanne Manet: TV episode screenshot (ABC), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Faure: Michaël Bemelmans, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Randier: BizonRavi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Braque: Photographer non-identified, anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eliaquim Mangala: Ludovic Péron, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abdoulaye Diaby: Club Brugge, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Cocteau: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Steven Nzonzi: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Mandel: Anonymous Unknown author (Keystone-France), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pascal Lino: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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