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Famous people · Houilles, Yvelines

10 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.

#1 best knownPascal BarréSports · born 1959
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Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pascal Barré
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1899
Maurice-Antoine Drouard
Youngest
1968
Pierre Reynaud
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known

Born in Houilles

Counted by languages, Pascal Barré is ahead of Jeanne Loriod and Claude Bonin-Pissarro: 14, 8 and 5.

Pascal Barré#1
Sports

Pascal Barré

born 1959

French athlete

14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JL#2
Music

Jeanne Loriod

1928–2001

French musician (1928–2001)

8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Claude Bonin-Pissarro#3
Writing & Arts

Claude Bonin-Pissarro

1921–2021

French painter (1921-2021)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Houilles’ famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1920s, at 4.

Belle ÉpoqueThe 20th century19001950Jeanne LoriodPascal BarréJeanne ManetPierre Reynaud
SportsWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageMusicPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

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

Everyone else born in Houilles

Still to come: 7 more, from 1899 to 1968.

Jeanne Manet

Jeanne Manet

1917–2012

French actress (1917-2012)

Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
PR

Pierre Reynaud

born 1968

French association football player

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The best known from each town within 12 mi of Houilles, with how many people each has.

Questions 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)

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.