Famous people born near Champagne-Vigny
Go 11 mi to Angoulême and the list grows to 136, with Charles-Augustin Coulomb at the top. No famous person’s birth in Champagne-Vigny is on record yet. 98 towns across Charente can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Charente is Angoulême’s, with 136 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Champagne-Vigny (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 Champagne-Vigny yet.
Famous people born near Champagne-Vigny
Nearby, Angoulême has the most on record, with 136.
Angoulême · 11 miCharles-Augustin Coulomb & 135 moreRLBarbezieux-Saint-Hilaire · 10 miRenaud Lavillenie & 15 moreVNSoyaux · 12 miValérie Nadaud & 6 moreDLChâteauneuf-sur-Charente · 8 miDidier Lebaud & 4 more
La Couronne · 8 miJean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert & 2 more
Saint-Michel · 10 miLaura Badler & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Champagne-Vigny
Who counts as from Champagne-Vigny?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Champagne-Vigny 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)
- Charles-Augustin Coulomb: Louis Hierle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert: Julien16, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Badler: Coldcream16000, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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