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, Jesuit writer and preacher
Basil Moreau, born 1799, priest of Le Mans, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross, beatified in Le Mans in 2007
Léon Bollée, born 1870, car manufacturer and inventor
Christine and Lea Papin, whose murder (1933) of their employers inspired Jean Genêt's The Maids
Jean Françaix, born in 1912, composer
Jean Rondeau, born in 1946, race car driver and constructor
Jean-Yves Empereur born 1952, archeologist
Bertrand Lançon, born 1952, Roman history scholar
François Fillon, born in 1954, former Prime Minister of France
Yves Jumeau, born in 1955, visual artist
François Vallejo, born 1960, novelist
Sylvie Tolmont, born 1962, politician
Sabine Toutain, born in 1966, violist
Doan Bui, (born in the 1970s), journalist
Emmanuel Moire, born 1979, French singer
Sébastien Bourdais, born 1979, race car driver
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, born 1985, professional tennis player
Guillaume Loriot, footballer
Leslie, born 4 February 1985, French singer
Louis Rossi born 1989, Grand Prix motorcycle racer
Emma Mackey, born 1996, French-British actress
Notable residents include:
Gilles Villeneuve, lived temporarily in Le Mans in 1973.

Gérard Genette, literary theorist, lived and taught in Le Mans from 1956 to 1963.

Jacques Derrida, philosopher, lived and taught in Le Mans in 1959–1960.

David Jason, English actor, lived in Le Mans between 1965–1968 and 1999–2001.

Andy Wallace, born 1961, racecar driver.

Died in Le Mans:
André d'Arbelles (1767–1825), journalist and historiographer
Lawrence Aubrey Wallace (1857–1942) British Colonial Administrator
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, Jesuit writer and preacher
Basil Moreau, born 1799, priest of Le Mans, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross, beatified in Le Mans in 2007
Léon Bollée, born 1870, car manufacturer and inventor
Christine and Lea Papin, whose murder (1933) of their employers inspired Jean Genêt's The Maids
Jean Françaix, born in 1912, composer
Jean Rondeau, born in 1946, race car driver and constructor
Jean-Yves Empereur born 1952, archeologist
Bertrand Lançon, born 1952, Roman history scholar
François Fillon, born in 1954, former Prime Minister of France
Yves Jumeau, born in 1955, visual artist
François Vallejo, born 1960, novelist
Sylvie Tolmont, born 1962, politician
Sabine Toutain, born in 1966, violist
Doan Bui, (born in the 1970s), journalist
Emmanuel Moire, born 1979, French singer
Sébastien Bourdais, born 1979, race car driver
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, born 1985, professional tennis player
Guillaume Loriot, footballer
Leslie, born 4 February 1985, French singer
Louis Rossi born 1989, Grand Prix motorcycle racer
Emma Mackey, born 1996, French-British actress
Notable residents include:
Gilles Villeneuve, lived temporarily in Le Mans in 1973.
Gérard Genette, literary theorist, lived and taught in Le Mans from 1956 to 1963.
Jacques Derrida, philosopher, lived and taught in Le Mans in 1959–1960.
David Jason, English actor, lived in Le Mans between 1965–1968 and 1999–2001.
Andy Wallace, born 1961, racecar driver.
Died in Le Mans:
André d'Arbelles (1767–1825), journalist and historiographer
Lawrence Aubrey Wallace (1857–1942) British Colonial Administrator
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