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Famous people · Broglie, Eure

The French engineer and physicist Augustin Fresnel is the one famous person from Broglie

The French engineer and physicist Augustin Fresnel was born in 1788. Their birth falls before the Revolution. 74 languages have an article about them. A short trip away, Bernay (6 mi) counts 30 famous people, Christophe Cocard among them.

Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Augustin Fresnel
74 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1788
Augustin Fresnel
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person

What stands out about Broglie’s famous people

★ What stands out · The best known

Born in Broglie

AF#1
Science & Medicine

Augustin Fresnel

1788–1827

French engineer and physicist (1788-1827)

74 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

Bernay leads the towns around it, with 30 names.

Questions about famous people from Broglie

Who is the most famous person from Broglie?

Augustin Fresnel (French engineer and physicist (1788-1827)) is the best known by our measure: 74 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Broglie?

1 people born in Broglie 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 Broglie known for?

Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.

Who counts as from Broglie?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Broglie 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).

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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.