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Famous people · Orgelet, Jura

8 famous people from Orgelet, many of them leaders

Articles in 16 languages make the French Army officer Pierre-François-Xavier Bouchard the best known. The next two names are Victor Pidoux and Léon Bel. The largest group, 5, was born before the Revolution. The list reaches back to Augustin François Jault, born in 1700, one of 5 born before the Revolution.

Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pierre-François-Xavier Bouchard
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1700
Augustin François Jault
Youngest
1878
Léon Bel
Most common field
Politics & Law
5 people

What stands out about Orgelet’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Orgelet is known for

Orgelet has 2.6× the usual share of leaders.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Through the years

When Orgelet’s famous people were born

The 1770s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle Époque17001750180018501900Pierre-François-Xavier BouchardAugustin François JaultLéon BelVictor Pidoux
Politics & LawMilitaryBusinessScience & Medicine

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Orgelet

Pierre-François-Xavier Bouchard, Victor Pidoux and Léon Bel are written about in 16, 3 and 2 languages.

PB#1
Military

Pierre-François-Xavier Bouchard

1771–1822

French Army officer (1771-1822)

16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
VP#2
Politics & Law

Victor Pidoux

1807–1879

French politician (1807-1879)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
LB#3
Business

Léon Bel

1878–1957

French businessman (1878–1957)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Orgelet

Another 5, the earliest born in 1700.

PB

Pierre-Marie-Athanase Babey

1743–1815

French deputy and lawyer (1743-1805)

MB

Marie François Vincent Michel Babey

1774–1849

French politician (1774-1849)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Lons-le-Saunier leads the towns around it, with 80 names.

Questions about famous people from Orgelet

Who is the most famous person from Orgelet?

Pierre-François-Xavier Bouchard (French Army officer (1771-1822)) is the best known by our measure: 16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Victor Pidoux and Léon Bel.

How many famous people were born in Orgelet?

8 people born in Orgelet have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 12 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Orgelet known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 5 of the 8. That is 63% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Orgelet?

Augustin François Jault, born in 1700. The youngest on the list was born in 1878.

Who counts as from Orgelet?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Orgelet 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 (1)

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.