No famous person born in Claix is listed yet
Charles-Augustin Coulomb tops the 136 names on record in Angoulême, 9 mi away. No town in Charente lists more than Angoulême, with 136. After Angoulême, the next longest list in Charente is Cognac’s, with 44. 98 towns across Charente can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Claix (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 Claix yet.
Famous people born near Claix
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Angoulême · 9 miCharles-Augustin Coulomb & 135 moreRLBarbezieux-Saint-Hilaire · 11 miRenaud Lavillenie & 15 moreVNSoyaux · 9 miValérie Nadaud & 6 moreDLChâteauneuf-sur-Charente · 6 miDidier Lebaud & 4 more
L'Isle-d'Espagnac · 11 miMaxime Amblard & 4 moreABGond-Pontouvre · 10 miAndré Berland & 3 more
La Couronne · 5 miJean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert & 2 moreFGSaint-Yrieix-sur-Charente · 9 miFrancis Groux & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Claix
Who counts as from Claix?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Claix 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
- Maxime Amblard: TrisHR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert: Julien16, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.