Photo: Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person from Carpiquet yet, but Caen next door has 366
Across Calvados, 122 towns list someone born there. No town in Calvados lists more than Caen, with 366. Lisieux has the second-longest list in Calvados, after Caen, with 57. The best known born in Caen is Daniel François Esprit Auber.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Carpiquet (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Carpiquet yet.
Famous people born near Carpiquet
Close by, the fullest list is Caen’s, at 366 names.
Verson · 2 miCharles-Alfred Bertauld & 2 more
Fleury-sur-Orne · 4 miNicole Oresme & 2 moreJVMondeville · 6 miJean Vallée & 1 moreJMBretteville-sur-Odon · 2 miJack MutelPPRots · 3 miPhilippe ParisALFontaine-Étoupefour · 3 miAntoine LepeltierCMThue et Mue · 4 miColette Marin-CatherineQuestions about famous people from Carpiquet
Who counts as from Carpiquet?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Carpiquet 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 (2)
- Charles-Alfred Bertauld: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicole Oresme: Nicole Oresme / Aristotle, Public domain, 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.