Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.0Chauray has yet to put a famous person on the list
Henri-Georges Clouzot tops the 126 names on record in Niort, 4 mi away. Across Deux-Sèvres, 69 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Deux-Sèvres belongs to Niort, with 126. After Niort, the next longest list in Deux-Sèvres is Thouars’, with 29.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chauray (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 Chauray yet.
Famous people born near Chauray
The longest list nearby is Niort’s, with 126.
Niort · 4 miHenri-Georges Clouzot & 125 more
Saint-Maixent-l'École · 9 miJean Cavaillès & 12 moreJBLa Crèche · 3 miJean-Baptiste Baujault & 5 moreCRAigondigné · 7 miClaude-René de Thibaut de La Rochethulon & 4 more
Celles-sur-Belle · 11 miRobert Dalban & 1 moreHIÉchiré · 3 miHenry IngrandCGAiffres · 5 miCharles Bouchet de GrandmayRPFrontenay-Rohan-Rohan · 10 miRené PaillerQuestions about famous people from Chauray
Who counts as from Chauray?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chauray 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 (3)
- Henri-Georges Clouzot: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Cavaillès: Jean Cavaillès, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Dalban: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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.