Photo: Jacques DASSIÉ · CC BY-SA 4.0No one from Bourcefranc-le-Chapus is on the famous people list yet
Within 11 mi, Rochefort lists the most: 50, with David Zurutuza first. Across Charente-Maritime, the lists cover 114 towns. Saintes’ 70 names make the longest list in Charente-Maritime.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bourcefranc-le-Chapus (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 Bourcefranc-le-Chapus yet.
Famous people born near Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
Close by, the fullest list is Rochefort’s, at 50 names.
Rochefort · 11 miDavid Zurutuza & 49 more
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage · 2 miJean Jacques Étienne Lucas & 12 morePSSaint-Pierre-d'Oléron · 10 miPierre Sidos & 2 more
La Tremblade · 5 miCharles Torchut & 1 more
Soubise · 8 miEugénie Cotton & 1 more
Étaules · 8 miCharles Ballande & 1 moreFRFouras · 10 miFrançois Richaudeau & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Bourcefranc-le-Chapus
Who counts as from Bourcefranc-le-Chapus?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bourcefranc-le-Chapus 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 (5)
- David Zurutuza: Giovanni Batista Rodriguez from San Sebastian-Donostia, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Jacques Étienne Lucas: Antoine Maurin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Torchut: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugénie Cotton: Roger Rössing / Renate Rössing, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Ballande: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.