Hubert Linard tops a list of 3 famous people born in Clérey
Articles in 11 languages make the cyclist Hubert Linard the best known. Adolphe de Launay, the French politician, comes second, with Jean Scapula third. Go 8 mi to Troyes and the list grows to 214, with Urbain IV at the top. Fewer than a quarter of the 82 towns in Aube with famous people list more.
Born in Clérey
Ranked by languages covered: Hubert Linard with 11, then Adolphe de Launay with 2 and Jean Scapula with 1.
Adolphe de Launay
1854–1927French politician
Jean Scapula
1911–1991French archaeologist
What Clérey is known for
Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Famous people from the towns next door
Troyes leads the towns around it, with 214 names.
Troyes · 8 miUrbain IV & 213 more
Bar-sur-Seine · 11 miJeanne Ire de Navarre & 9 moreRASainte-Savine · 9 miRené Alleau & 3 moreDBLa Chapelle-Saint-Luc · 10 miDésiré Briden & 1 more
Saint-Julien-les-Villas · 6 miDominique PagnierJDSaint-Parres-aux-Tertres · 7 miJacques Diebold
Saint-André-les-Vergers · 8 miIvan GobryMAPont-Sainte-Marie · 9 miMarcel ArtelesaQuestions about famous people from Clérey
Who is the most famous person from Clérey?
Hubert Linard (Cyclist) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Adolphe de Launay and Jean Scapula.
How many famous people were born in Clérey?
3 people born in Clérey have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Clérey known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Clérey?
Adolphe de Launay, born in 1854. The youngest on the list was born in 1953.
Who counts as from Clérey?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Clérey 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)
- Urbain IV: Sailko, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanne Ire de Navarre: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Pagnier: Locust189, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Gobry: Isabelle Lamberto, 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.