Le Mans - Notable People

Notable People

Le Mans was the birthplace of:

  • Henry II of England, born 1133
  • Geoffroy V d'Anjou, born 1113
  • Geoffrey de Goreham or Gorron, became Abbot of St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, in 1119
  • Dom Louis Le Pelletier, born 1663, linguist of the Breton language
  • Gilles-François de Beauvais, born 7 July 1693, was a Jesuit writer and preacher.
  • Basil Moreau, born 1799, a priest of Le Mans founded the Congregation of Holy Cross. Beatified in Le Mans 2007.
  • the Papin sisters whose act of murder (1933) inspired Jean Genêt's The Maids.
  • Jean Françaix, born in 1912, composer
  • Jean Rondeau, born in 1946, racecar driver and constructor
  • François Fillon, born in 1954, Prime Minister of France.
  • Sébastien Bourdais, born 1979, racecar driver
  • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, born 1985, professional tennis player.
  • Guillaume Loriot footballer
  • Leslie, born 4 February 1985, French singer

Among other personalities who lived there :

  • Gilles Villeneuve, lived temporarily in Le Mans in 1973.
  • David Jason, English actor, lived in Le Mans between 1965–1968 and 1999–2001.
  • Andy Wallace, born 1961, racecar driver

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