JD#1
Sports
Jean-François Douis
born 1950Association football player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Écouis, Eure
Écouis’ famous people span 215 years: 2 births from 1735 to 1950
At the top of the list is the association football player Jean-François Douis, covered in 3 languages. The other is Alexandre Ambroise Pantin, the French politician. For more famous names, Les Andelys is 4 mi away: its list has 16, led by Nicolas Poussin. Only 23 of the 113 towns in Eure with anyone on record list more.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-François Douis
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1735
Alexandre Ambroise Pantin
Youngest
1950
Jean-François Douis
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Écouis
AP#2
Politics & Law
Alexandre Ambroise Pantin
1735–1824French politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Écouis is known for
The field with the most names is Sports: 1.
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
Of the towns around it, Les Andelys has the most on record: 16.
Questions about famous people from Écouis
Who is the most famous person from Écouis?
Jean-François Douis (Association football player) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alexandre Ambroise Pantin.
How many famous people were born in Écouis?
2 people born in Écouis have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Écouis known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Écouis?
Alexandre Ambroise Pantin, born in 1735. The youngest on the list was born in 1950.
Who counts as from Écouis?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Écouis 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 (3)
- Nicolas Poussin: Nicolas Poussin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Corinne Le Moal: MEADYCO, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu: Charles Devrits, 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.