Curel has no famous person on record yet
Go 3 mi to Joinville and the list grows to 23, with Charles de Lorraine at the top. Across Haute-Marne, 80 towns list someone born there. The longest list in Haute-Marne is Langres’, with 71 names. Chaumont has the second-longest list in Haute-Marne, after Langres, with 37.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Curel (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 Curel yet.
Famous people born near Curel
Of the towns around it, Joinville has the most on record: 23.
Questions about famous people from Curel
Who counts as from Curel?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Curel 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)
- 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.