Next door to Plesnoy, Langres lists 71 famous people
Not one famous person on record comes from Plesnoy yet. 80 of the towns in Haute-Marne list at least one person. Langres has the most of any town in Haute-Marne: 71. After Langres, the next longest list in Haute-Marne is Chaumont’s, with 37.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Plesnoy (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 Plesnoy yet.
Famous people born near Plesnoy
The most names next door are in Langres: 71.
Questions about famous people from Plesnoy
Who counts as from Plesnoy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Plesnoy 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 (2)
- Denis Diderot: Pierre-Michel Alix, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Dimey: Biopik, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.