#1Jacques Charles
1746–1823French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonist
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Jacques Charles is the best known, with articles in 43 languages. The next two names are Étienne Aignan and Euphémie Muraton. The largest group, 5, was born between the Revolution and the Second Empire. The list reaches back to Nicolas François Turpetin, born in 1739, one of 4 born before the Revolution.
Writers and artists take two of the three places.
#1French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonist
#2French translator, political writer, librettist, and playwright
#3French painter (1836-1914)
The 1740s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Compared with the usual town, writers and artists are the most over-represented field, at 1.4 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The rest number 12, with 4 leaders among them.
French comedian and director (1940–1995)






No one matches both filters.
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Jacques Charles (French inventor, scientist, mathematician, and balloonist) is the best known by our measure: 43 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Étienne Aignan and Euphémie Muraton.
15 people born in Beaugency have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 27 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 5 of the 15. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Nicolas François Turpetin, born in 1739. The youngest on the list was born in 1986.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Beaugency 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.
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.
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