Jean-Baptiste Ogée
1728–1789French engineer and geographer
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Jean-Baptiste Ogée, the French engineer and geographer, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The list has one more: the rugby union player Jean Liénard. Nearby, Vervins, 10 mi away, lists 10, led by Christophe Moreau. Fewer than a quarter of the 151 towns in Aisne with famous people list more.
French engineer and geographer
Rugby union player (1928-2005)
Scientists and doctors are the most numerous, 1 of them.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Chaourse, with how many people each has.
Jean-Baptiste Ogée (French engineer and geographer) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Liénard.
2 people born in Chaourse have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Jean-Baptiste Ogée, born in 1728. The youngest on the list was born in 1928.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chaourse 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.
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