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Famous people · Hérimoncourt, Doubs

Hérimoncourt is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Jean Pierre Mégnin, the French entomologist and veterinarian, is the most widely known, written about in 6 languages. The French politician Armand Chouffet ranks second, ahead of François Peugeot. From Jean Pierre Mégnin to François Peugeot, the births on the list run from 1828 to 1901. Half or more of the towns in Doubs have no one on record, but this one has 8.6 for every 10,000 residents.

#1 best knownJean Pierre MégninScience & Medicine · 1828–1905
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Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean Pierre Mégnin
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1828
Jean Pierre Mégnin
Youngest
1901
François Peugeot
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Hérimoncourt

Two of the three are leaders.

Jean Pierre Mégnin#1
Science & Medicine

Jean Pierre Mégnin

1828–1905

French entomologist and veterinarian (1825–1905)

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Armand Chouffet#2
Politics & Law

Armand Chouffet

1895–1958

French politician (1895-1958)

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FP#3
Politics & Law

François Peugeot

1901–1985

French politician

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Hérimoncourt is known for

Share of Hérimoncourt’s famous people in each field.

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

Around it, Montbéliard has the most people on record, 83 of them.

Questions about famous people from Hérimoncourt

Who is the most famous person from Hérimoncourt?

Jean Pierre Mégnin (French entomologist and veterinarian (1825–1905)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Armand Chouffet and François Peugeot.

How many famous people were born in Hérimoncourt?

3 people born in Hérimoncourt 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 Hérimoncourt 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 Hérimoncourt?

Jean Pierre Mégnin, born in 1828. The youngest on the list was born in 1901.

Who counts as from Hérimoncourt?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Hérimoncourt 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 (8)

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.