Famous people from Abbévillers
Just 5 mi away, Audincourt’s list holds 15 names, Benoît Pedretti the best known. 117 of the towns in Doubs list at least one person. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Abbévillers. Besançon’s 407 names make the longest list in Doubs.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Abbévillers (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 Abbévillers yet.
Famous people born near Abbévillers
Around it, Audincourt has the most people on record, 15 of them.
Audincourt · 5 miBenoît Pedretti & 14 more
Valentigney · 5 miJules Goux & 7 more
Beaucourt · 4 miMarguerite Steinheil & 4 more
Hérimoncourt · 2 miJean Pierre Mégnin & 2 moreÉRSeloncourt · 4 miÉlisabeth Renaud & 2 moreHRPont-de-Roide-Vermondans · 8 miHenry Racamier & 2 more
Mandeure · 5 miFrédéric Macler & 1 more
Exincourt · 6 miJacques Fatton & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Abbévillers
Who counts as from Abbévillers?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Abbévillers 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 (6)
- Benoît Pedretti: mikeguib, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Goux: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marguerite Steinheil: Léon Bonnat (1833-1922), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Pierre Mégnin: Auteur inconnu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Macler: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Fatton: Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.