JC#1
Sports
Jean-Louis Coustillet
1943–2021Association football player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Bayel, Aube
2 famous people call Bayel their birthplace
At the top of the list is the association football player Jean-Louis Coustillet, covered in 3 languages. The other is André Coustillet, the French association football player. For more famous names, Bar-sur-Aube is 4 mi away: its list has 23, led by Gaston Bachelard. Births span 1943 to 1945, from Jean-Louis Coustillet to André Coustillet.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Louis Coustillet
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1943
Jean-Louis Coustillet
Youngest
1945
André Coustillet
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Bayel
AC#2
Sports
André Coustillet
born 1945French association football player
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Bar-sur-Aube’s, with 23.
Questions about famous people from Bayel
Who is the most famous person from Bayel?
Jean-Louis Coustillet (Association football player) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come André Coustillet.
How many famous people were born in Bayel?
2 people born in Bayel have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Bayel known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bayel?
Jean-Louis Coustillet, born in 1943. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.
Who counts as from Bayel?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bayel 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.
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