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Writing & Arts
Michel Brigand
1930–2025French painter and sculptor
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Coings, Indre
Coings has just one famous person to its name: Michel Brigand
In 1930, the French painter and sculptor Michel Brigand was born. That places their birth between 1914 and 1969. One language has an article about them so far. Of its neighbours, Châteauroux, 5 mi away, lists the most: 117, Gérard Depardieu first.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Michel Brigand
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1930
Michel Brigand
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Coings
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Châteauroux has the most on record, with 117.
Questions about famous people from Coings
Who is the most famous person from Coings?
Michel Brigand (French painter and sculptor) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Coings?
1 people born in Coings have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Coings known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Who counts as from Coings?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Coings 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)
- Gérard Depardieu: Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Christine Boutin: Benjamin Lemaire - Virtuo Presse, 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.