Photo: julia_jum · CC BY 2.0No famous person yet from Brou
Within 8 mi, Vald'Yerre lists the most: 7, with Raoul Paoli first. 100 towns in Eure-et-Loir have at least one famous person on record. Chartres’ 160 names make the longest list in Eure-et-Loir. After Chartres, the next longest list in Eure-et-Loir is Dreux’s, with 71.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Brou (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 4 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Brou as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Brou
Around it, Vald'Yerre has the most people on record, 7 of them.
Questions about famous people from Brou
Who counts as from Brou?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brou 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 (1)
- Arsène Collet: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.