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Famous people · Clérey, Aube

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 here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Hubert Linard
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1854
Adolphe de Launay
Youngest
1953
Hubert Linard
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Clérey

Ranked by languages covered: Hubert Linard with 11, then Adolphe de Launay with 2 and Jean Scapula with 1.

HL#1
Sports

Hubert Linard

born 1953

Cyclist

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AL#2
Politics & Law

Adolphe de Launay

1854–1927

French politician

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
JS#3
Science & Medicine

Jean Scapula

1911–1991

French archaeologist

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

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.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Troyes leads the towns around it, with 214 names.

Questions 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)

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.