Tilly has yet to put a famous person on the list
Just 10 mi away, Mantes-la-Jolie’s list holds 61 names, Nicolas Pépé the best known. 88 of the towns in Yvelines list at least one person. The longest list in Yvelines is Versailles’, with 458 names. Saint-Germain-en-Laye has the second-longest list in Yvelines, after Versailles, with 172.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Tilly (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Tilly yet.
Famous people born near Tilly
Around it, Mantes-la-Jolie has the most people on record, 61 of them.
Houdan · 6 miPierre Dumayet & 4 morePLAnet · 6 miPascal Lainé & 3 more
Mantes-la-Ville · 9 miLionel Ray & 3 more
Ivry-la-Bataille · 5 miRaymond Bussières & 2 morePCGambais · 8 miPierre Émile Arnaud Édouard de Colbert-Chabanais
Rosny-sur-Seine · 9 miMaximilien de BéthuneQuestions about famous people from Tilly
Who counts as from Tilly?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Tilly 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 (4)
- Pierre Dumayet: Jean LECLERCQ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lionel Ray: Pkobel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Bussières: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maximilien de Béthune: Unidentified painter, Public domain, 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.