Coteaux-du-Blanzacais has no famous person on record yet
Go 9 mi to Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire and the list grows to 16, with Renaud Lavillenie at the top. Across Charente, 98 towns list someone born there. The longest list in Charente is Angoulême’s, with 136 names. Cognac has the second-longest list in Charente, after Angoulême, with 44.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Coteaux-du-Blanzacais (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 Coteaux-du-Blanzacais as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Coteaux-du-Blanzacais
Of the towns nearby, Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire lists the most people: 16.
Questions about famous people from Coteaux-du-Blanzacais
Who counts as from Coteaux-du-Blanzacais?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Coteaux-du-Blanzacais 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 (1)
- 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.
