No famous person from Vesly yet, but Les Andelys next door has 16
Across Eure, 113 towns list someone born there. No town in Eure lists more than Évreux, with 119. After Évreux, the next longest list in Eure is Pont-Audemer’s, with 33. Les Andelys’ list is led by Nicolas Poussin.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Vesly (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Vesly yet.
Famous people born near Vesly
Les Andelys leads the towns around it, with 16 names.
Les Andelys · 10 miNicolas Poussin & 15 more
Gisors · 6 miDidier Digard & 11 moreFHChaumont-en-Vexin · 11 miFrançois Heutte & 8 more
Magny-en-Vexin · 9 miJean-Baptiste Santerre & 5 more
Étrépagny · 5 miCorinne Le Moal & 1 more
Vexin-sur-Epte · 6 miGuillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu & 1 morePVSérifontaine · 9 miPaul VannierAAGasny · 11 miArmand Albert-PetitQuestions about famous people from Vesly
Who counts as from Vesly?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vesly 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 (5)
- Nicolas Poussin: Nicolas Poussin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Didier Digard: Mirasol, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Baptiste Santerre: Jean-Baptiste Santerre, 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
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