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Famous people · Vivières, Aisne

2 famous people were born in Vivières

Charles Nicolas Bourgeois, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in one language. The list has one more: the French military personnel Gabriel-Auguste de Mazancourt. A short trip away, Soissons (11 mi) counts 66 famous people, Aurore Clément among them. The longest list of any town in Aisne belongs to Saint-Quentin, with 138.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Charles Nicolas Bourgeois
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1725
Gabriel-Auguste de Mazancourt
Youngest
1749
Charles Nicolas Bourgeois
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known

Born in Vivières

CB#1
Politics & Law

Charles Nicolas Bourgeois

1749–1804

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
GM#2
Military

Gabriel-Auguste de Mazancourt

1725–1809

French military personnel (1725-1809)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Vivières is known for

1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Soissons’, at 66 names.

Questions about famous people from Vivières

Who is the most famous person from Vivières?

Charles Nicolas Bourgeois (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gabriel-Auguste de Mazancourt.

How many famous people were born in Vivières?

2 people born in Vivières have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Vivières known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vivières?

Gabriel-Auguste de Mazancourt, born in 1725. The youngest on the list was born in 1749.

Who counts as from Vivières?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vivières 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 (3)

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.