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Luc Barraud
born 1951Association football player
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Courant, Charente-Maritime
Luc Barraud, born in 1951, is Courant’s famous person on record
The association football player Luc Barraud was born in 1951. That places their birth between 1914 and 1969. An article about them exists in one language. Just 7 mi away, Saint-Jean-d'Angély’s list holds 28 names, Henri II de Bourbon-Condé the best known.
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Luc Barraud
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
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1951
Luc Barraud
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1 person
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Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Saint-Jean-d'Angély, with 28.
Questions about famous people from Courant
Who is the most famous person from Courant?
Luc Barraud (Association football player) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Courant?
1 people born in Courant have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Courant known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who counts as from Courant?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Courant 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)
- Henri II de Bourbon-Condé: Unidentified painter, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ernest Bersot: A. Toussaint, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Caillié: Amélie Legrand de Saint-Aubin, 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.