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Famous people · Marthon, Charente

Marthon’s famous people span 212 years: 2 births from 1648 to 1860

Articles in 11 languages make the French Jesuit missionary and mathematician Guy Tachard the best known. The list has one more: the French politician Maurice Raynaud. For more famous names, La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois is 9 mi away: its list has 10, led by Nicole Bricq. Guy Tachard was born in 1648.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Guy Tachard
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1648
Guy Tachard
Youngest
1860
Maurice Raynaud
Most common field
Faith
1 person
The best known

Born in Marthon

GT#1
Faith

Guy Tachard

1648–1712

French Jesuit missionary and mathematician

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MR#2
Politics & Law

Maurice Raynaud

1860–1927

French politician (1860-1927)

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Marthon is known for

The largest field is Faith, with 1 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

4 towns around it have someone on record.

Questions about famous people from Marthon

Who is the most famous person from Marthon?

Guy Tachard (French Jesuit missionary and mathematician) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Maurice Raynaud.

How many famous people were born in Marthon?

2 people born in Marthon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Marthon known for?

Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 3% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Marthon?

Guy Tachard, born in 1648. The youngest on the list was born in 1860.

Who counts as from Marthon?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Marthon 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)

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.