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Famous people · Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, Charente

3 famous people call Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente their birthplace

The best known is the French co-founder Francis Groux, with articles in 3 languages. The French writer Georges Hyvernaud ranks second, ahead of Jean-Pierre Gesson. A short trip away, Angoulême (2 mi) counts 136 famous people, Charles-Augustin Coulomb among them. Fewer than a quarter of the 98 towns in Charente with famous people list more.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Francis Groux
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1902
Georges Hyvernaud
Youngest
1947
Jean-Pierre Gesson
Most common field
Business
1 person
The best known

Born in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente

Ranked by languages covered: Francis Groux with 3, then Georges Hyvernaud with 3 and Jean-Pierre Gesson with 1.

GH#2
Writing & Arts

Georges Hyvernaud

1902–1983

French writer (1902–1983)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
JG#3
Science & Medicine

Jean-Pierre Gesson

born 1947

French university professor and docent

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente is known for

Business people are the most numerous, 1 of them.

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

The best known from each town within 12 mi of Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente, with how many people each has.

Questions about famous people from Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente

Who is the most famous person from Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente?

Francis Groux (French co-founder) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Georges Hyvernaud and Jean-Pierre Gesson.

How many famous people were born in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente?

3 people born in Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente known for?

Among its famous people, business people: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 2% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente?

Georges Hyvernaud, born in 1902. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.

Who counts as from Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 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 (5)

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.