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Famous people · Rougemontier, Eure

2 famous people call Rougemontier their birthplace

Guillaume Ducreux, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in one language. The only other name is the French politician Jean Hubert Lerefait. The neighbour with the longest list is Pont-Audemer, 10 mi away: 33, led by Laetitia Casta. Over 12 years of births, the list goes from Jean Hubert Lerefait (1733) to Guillaume Ducreux (1745).

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Guillaume Ducreux
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1733
Jean Hubert Lerefait
Youngest
1745
Guillaume Ducreux
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Rougemontier

GD#1
Politics & Law

Guillaume Ducreux

1745–1819

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
JL#2
Politics & Law

Jean Hubert Lerefait

1733–1812

French politician (1733-1812)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns around it, Pont-Audemer has the most on record: 33.

Questions about famous people from Rougemontier

Who is the most famous person from Rougemontier?

Guillaume Ducreux (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Hubert Lerefait.

How many famous people were born in Rougemontier?

2 people born in Rougemontier have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Rougemontier known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rougemontier?

Jean Hubert Lerefait, born in 1733. The youngest on the list was born in 1745.

Who counts as from Rougemontier?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rougemontier 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 (4)

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.