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Military
Edme Victor Bertrand
1769–1814French soldier and officer (1769–1814)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Géraudot, Aube
Géraudot has just one famous person to its name: Edme Victor Bertrand
Edme Victor Bertrand, the French soldier and officer, was born in 1769. Their birth falls before the Revolution. Readers can find them written up in one language. The nearest list is in Troyes, 11 mi away: 214 names, starting with Urbain IV.
Born here
1
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Best known
Edme Victor Bertrand
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1769
Edme Victor Bertrand
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known
Born in Géraudot
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Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Troyes, at 214.
Questions about famous people from Géraudot
Who is the most famous person from Géraudot?
Edme Victor Bertrand (French soldier and officer (1769–1814)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Géraudot?
1 people born in Géraudot have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Géraudot known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Who counts as from Géraudot?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Géraudot 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)
- Urbain IV: Sailko, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacqueline Laurent: Macfadden Publications, Inc., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Pagnier: Locust189, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.