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Famous people · Gisors, Eure

From 1770 to 1986, Gisors was the birthplace of 12 famous people

At the top of the list is the French football manager Didier Digard, covered in 21 languages. Close behind are Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget and Albert Forcinal. Didier Digard, the best known, was born in 1986. The list is still growing: 4 were born since 1970.

#1 best knownDidier DigardSports · born 1986
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Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Didier Digard
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1770
Marie Pierre Isidore de Blanmont
Youngest
1986
Didier Digard
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people

What stands out about Gisors’ famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Gisors’ famous people were born

Count by decade and the 1940s come out on top, with 3 births.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday175018001850190019502000Sophie AubryAlbert ForcinalCharles Marie Benjamin Rouget
Film, TV & StageWriting & ArtsSportsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawMilitaryFaith

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Gisors

Didier Digard has articles in 21 languages, Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget in 4 and Albert Forcinal in 4.

Didier Digard#1
Sports

Didier Digard

born 1986

French football manager (born 1986)

21 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget#2
Science & Medicine

Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget

1824–1904

French physiologist (1824–1904)

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

Albert Forcinal

1887–1976

French politician (1887–1976)

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

What Gisors is known for

Set against the usual town, performers come out 3 times as common.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Gisors

Another 9, 3 of them performers.

Marie Pierre Isidore de Blanmont

Marie Pierre Isidore de Blanmont

1770–1846

French soldier, politician and officer (1770-1846)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The most names next door are in Chaumont-en-Vexin: 9.

Questions about famous people from Gisors

Who is the most famous person from Gisors?

Didier Digard (French football manager (born 1986)) is the best known by our measure: 21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles Marie Benjamin Rouget and Albert Forcinal.

How many famous people were born in Gisors?

12 people born in Gisors have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 20 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 Gisors known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 3 of the 12. That is 25% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Gisors?

Marie Pierre Isidore de Blanmont, born in 1770. The youngest on the list was born in 1986.

Who counts as from Gisors?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gisors 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.