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Famous people · Poissy, Yvelines

Of the 61 famous people born in Poissy, an unusual share are athletes

Articles in 47 languages make the French footballer Mattéo Guendouzi the best known. Alphonse de Poitiers and Houssine Kharja follow. Most were born since 1970: 40 of them. Over 786 years of births, the list goes from Alphonse de Poitiers (1220) to Naoufel El Hannach (2006).

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Born here
61
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mattéo Guendouzi
47 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1220
Alphonse de Poitiers
Youngest
2006
Naoufel El Hannach
Most common field
Sports
24 people

What stands out about Poissy’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Poissy’s famous people were born

The 1990s alone account for 13 of the births charted here.

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

Known for

What Poissy is known for

Poissy has 2.1× the usual share of athletes.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

The best known

Born in Poissy

Two of the three are athletes.

MG#1
Sports

Mattéo Guendouzi

born 1999

French footballer (born 1999)

47 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Alphonse de Poitiers#2
Politics & Law

Alphonse de Poitiers

1220–1271

Count of Poitou

28 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Houssine Kharja#3
Sports

Houssine Kharja

born 1982

Moroccan and French footballer (born 1982)

27 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Poissy

Still to come: 58 more, from 1550 to 2006.

Mory Diaw

Mory Diaw

born 1993

Senegalese and French footballer

SN

Stanley N'Soki

born 1999

French association football player

Damien Le Tallec

Damien Le Tallec

born 1990

French association football player (born 1990)

Alexandre Müller

Alexandre Müller

born 1997

French tennis player

Omenuke Mfulu

Omenuke Mfulu

born 1994

DR Congolese and French footballer

Jean-Luc Vasseur

Jean-Luc Vasseur

born 1969

French football manager

Maxime Laubeuf

Maxime Laubeuf

1864–1939

French maritime engineer (1864-1939)

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
NH

Naoufel El Hannach

born 2006

Moroccan association football player

Cyril Dion

Cyril Dion

born 1978

French poet, writer and film director

Writing & ArtsWikipedia ↗
SO

Sami Outalbali

born 1999

French actor

Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Yohann Sangaré

Yohann Sangaré

born 1983

French basketball player (born 1983)

CL

Carla Leite

born 2004

French basketball player (born 2004)

TI

Terry Tarpey III

born 1994

French basketball player (born 1994)

JI

Julien Ictoi

born 1978

Guadeloupean footballer

AB

Alexandre Bonnot

born 1973

French footballer (born 1973)

Charles Eudes Bonin

Charles Eudes Bonin

1865–1929

French explorer and diplomat (1865–1929)

Science & MedicineWikipedia (French) ↗
AP

Alain Préfaci

born 1957

Association football player

Catherine Stermann

Catherine Stermann

1949–1985

French actress (1949-1985)

Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Saint-Germain-en-Laye has the longest list next door: 172.

Questions about famous people from Poissy

Who is the most famous person from Poissy?

Mattéo Guendouzi (French footballer (born 1999)) is the best known by our measure: 47 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alphonse de Poitiers and Houssine Kharja.

How many famous people were born in Poissy?

61 people born in Poissy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 90 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 Poissy known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 24 of the 61. That is 39% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Poissy?

Alphonse de Poitiers, born in 1220. The youngest on the list was born in 2006.

Who counts as from Poissy?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Poissy 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 (33)

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.