Puyravault has yet to put a famous person on the list
Within 4 mi, Surgères lists the most: 5, with Ernest Bersot first. The longest list of any town in Charente-Maritime belongs to Saintes, with 70. Rochefort has the second-longest list in Charente-Maritime, after Saintes, with 50. 114 towns in Charente-Maritime have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Puyravault (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Puyravault as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Puyravault
Of the towns nearby, Surgères lists the most people: 5.
Questions about famous people from Puyravault
Who counts as from Puyravault?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Puyravault 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)
- Ernest Bersot: A. Toussaint, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Caillié: Amélie Legrand de Saint-Aubin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Coutant: Fanoflesage, CC BY 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.