Famous people from Beurlay
Just 8 mi away, Rochefort’s list holds 50 names, David Zurutuza the best known. No famous person on record lists Beurlay as their birthplace yet. Famous people are on record for 114 of the towns in Charente-Maritime. The longest list in Charente-Maritime is Saintes’, with 70 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Beurlay (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Beurlay as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Beurlay
Of the towns around it, Rochefort has the most on record: 50.
Questions about famous people from Beurlay
Who counts as from Beurlay?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Beurlay 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)
- David Zurutuza: Giovanni Batista Rodriguez from San Sebastian-Donostia, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Charles Descubes: Giogo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugénie Cotton: Roger Rössing / Renate Rössing, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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