Next door to Couthenans, Belfort lists 145 famous people
No famous person’s birth in Couthenans is on record yet. The longest list of any town in Haute-Saône belongs to Vesoul, with 86. After Vesoul, the next longest list in Haute-Saône is Gray’s, with 40. 88 towns in Haute-Saône have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Couthenans (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Couthenans as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Couthenans
The neighbour with the most names is Belfort, at 145.
Montbéliard · 6 miRené Thom & 82 more
Héricourt · 2 miJean-Luc Lagarce & 20 morePPEssert · 6 miPierre Joseph Petit & 1 more
Bavilliers · 6 miJean-Michel Villaumé & 1 moreJVGrand-Charmont · 6 miJean Vernier & 1 moreMJSochaux · 7 miMichel Jacques & 1 moreNZBethoncourt · 5 miNora ZaïdiQuestions about famous people from Couthenans
Who counts as from Couthenans?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Couthenans 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)
- René Thom: Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Luc Lagarce: Babelio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Michel Villaumé: Benjetpascal, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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.