59 famous people were born in Beaune, more of them performers than in most towns

Gaspard Monge (French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)) is the best known by our measure: 60 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Bruno Latour and Félix Ziem.

59 people born in Beaune have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 88 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 12 of the 59. That is 20% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Claude Roillet, born in 1520. The youngest on the list was born in 2003.

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Beaune 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.

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