Brousseval has no famous person on record yet
Saint-Dizier, 10 mi away, has 31 on its list, the best known Roger Michelot. No town in Haute-Marne lists more than Langres, with 71. After Langres, the next longest list in Haute-Marne is Chaumont’s, with 37. 80 towns in Haute-Marne have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Brousseval (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 Brousseval yet.
Famous people born near Brousseval
Nearby, Saint-Dizier has the most on record, with 31.
Questions about famous people from Brousseval
Who counts as from Brousseval?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brousseval 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)
- Roger Michelot: Le Miroir des sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles de Lorraine: El Greco, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marie Defrance: Claude-Marie-François Dien / After Henri-François Riesener, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Debraux: Anonymous Unknown author, 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.