RG#1
Politics & Law
Rose Guérin
1915–1998French politician (1915–1998)
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Dolly28 · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Issou, Yvelines
2 famous people call Issou their birthplace
Articles in 4 languages make the French politician Rose Guérin the best known. The list has one more: the French politician Fernand Chatelain. Within 4 mi, Mantes-la-Jolie lists the most: 61, with Nicolas Pépé first. Over 5 years of births, the list goes from Rose Guérin (1915) to Fernand Chatelain (1920).
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Rose Guérin
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1915
Rose Guérin
Youngest
1920
Fernand Chatelain
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known
Born in Issou
FC#2
Politics & Law
Fernand Chatelain
1920–1979French politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Around it, Mantes-la-Jolie has the most people on record, 61 of them.
Questions about famous people from Issou
Who is the most famous person from Issou?
Rose Guérin (French politician (1915–1998)) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Fernand Chatelain.
How many famous people were born in Issou?
2 people born in Issou have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Issou known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Issou?
Rose Guérin, born in 1915. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
Who counts as from Issou?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Issou 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 (2)
- Lionel Ray: Pkobel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Menant: Jef-Infojef, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.