No one from Coupru is on the famous people list yet
For more famous names, Château-Thierry is 6 mi away: its list has 22, led by Jean de La Fontaine. The Aisne lists hold names for 151 towns. The longest list of any town in Aisne belongs to Saint-Quentin, with 138. Laon has the second-longest list in Aisne, after Saint-Quentin, with 80.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Coupru (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Coupru as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Coupru
The most names next door are in Château-Thierry: 22.
Questions about famous people from Coupru
Who counts as from Coupru?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Coupru 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)
- Jean de La Fontaine: Henri Millot, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Ier de Bourbon-Condé: anonymous / School of François Clouet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Corlieu: Victor Rose, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André-François Breuillaud: Bruno27500, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.