Les Ulis - Personalities

Personalities

  • Football player Thierry Henry, who played for the French national team and currently plays for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer, was born and raised in Les Ulis.
  • Another famous French football player Patrice Evra, who plays for Manchester United in England, also a member of the French national team, was raised in Les Ulis.
  • French foil fencer Térence Joubert was also born in Les Ulis on 17 April 1982.
  • The former spokesman of the ecological French party, Stéphane Pocrain, was raised in Les Ulis and was almost elected for the town's constituency (with the other towns of Gif-sur-Yvette, Orsay etc...) in 2002.
  • French supermodel Noémie Lenoir was born in Les Ulis on 19 September 1979 before her family moved to a very quiet life first in Gif-sur-Yvette and then in Versailles where she was discovered and started her career in modeling.
  • French writer Patrick Lapeyre (author of the award-winning L'homme-sœur) is a teacher in Les Ulis' high school (Lycée de l'Essouriau).
  • Rapper Sinik, was born central Paris, moved to Les Ulis at age four.
  • Gilbert Bayiha N'Djema,footballer
  • Tristan Dingome, footballer

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