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Famous people · Ardin, Deux-Sèvres

3 famous people were born in Ardin from 1816 to 1937

Articles in 2 languages make the French politician Kléber Haye the best known. Second and third on the list are François Hubert de Jouslard and Louis Dutaud. A short trip away, Niort (11 mi) counts 126 famous people, Henri-Georges Clouzot among them. Kléber Haye, the best known, was born in 1937.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Kléber Haye
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1816
François Hubert de Jouslard
Youngest
1937
Kléber Haye
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Ardin

Leaders take two of the three places.

KH#1
Politics & Law

Kléber Haye

1937–2023

French politician (1937–2023)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FJ#2
Military

François Hubert de Jouslard

1816–1849

Military personnel

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
LD#3
Politics & Law

Louis Dutaud

1883–1929

French politician (1883-1929)

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

What Ardin is known for

The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 2.

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 most names next door are in Niort: 126.

Questions about famous people from Ardin

Who is the most famous person from Ardin?

Kléber Haye (French politician (1937–2023)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come François Hubert de Jouslard and Louis Dutaud.

How many famous people were born in Ardin?

3 people born in Ardin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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 Ardin known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ardin?

François Hubert de Jouslard, born in 1816. The youngest on the list was born in 1937.

Who counts as from Ardin?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ardin 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 (2)

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.