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Famous people · Brionne, Eure

Brionne’s famous people span 185 years: 3 births from 1768 to 1953

Patrick Beaudouin, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. Second and third on the list are Jacques Jacquesson and Pierre Jean Charles Lizot. A short trip away, Bernay (9 mi) counts 30 famous people, Christophe Cocard among them. The list’s best known name, Patrick Beaudouin, dates from 1953.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patrick Beaudouin
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1768
Pierre Jean Charles Lizot
Youngest
1953
Patrick Beaudouin
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Brionne

Patrick Beaudouin, Jacques Jacquesson and Pierre Jean Charles Lizot are written about in 4, 1 and 1 languages.

PB#1
Politics & Law

Patrick Beaudouin

born 1953

French politician

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JJ#2
Military

Jacques Jacquesson

1912–1996

French military personnel

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

Pierre Jean Charles Lizot

1768–1827

French politician and magistrate (1768-1827)

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

What Brionne is known for

2 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest 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

Bernay has the longest list next door: 30.

Questions about famous people from Brionne

Who is the most famous person from Brionne?

Patrick Beaudouin (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jacques Jacquesson and Pierre Jean Charles Lizot.

How many famous people were born in Brionne?

3 people born in Brionne have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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 Brionne 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 Brionne?

Pierre Jean Charles Lizot, born in 1768. The youngest on the list was born in 1953.

Who counts as from Brionne?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brionne 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.