Beddes has yet to put a famous person on the list
Go 11 mi to La Châtre and the list grows to 26, with Adolphe Simon Neboux at the top. The longest list of any town in Cher belongs to Bourges, with 168. Vierzon has the second-longest list in Cher, after Bourges, with 40. Across Cher, 79 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Beddes (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 Beddes yet.
Famous people born near Beddes
Close by, La Châtre counts 26 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Beddes
Who counts as from Beddes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Beddes 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.
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