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Famous people · Boynes, Loiret

2 famous people call Boynes their birthplace

Most widely known is Eugène Veuillot, the French journalist, with articles in 4 languages. The list has one more: the French soldier François Charles Michel Leturcq. A short trip away, Pithiviers (6 mi) counts 30 famous people, Marie NDiaye among them. The first birth on record is François Charles Michel Leturcq’s, in 1769, and the last Eugène Veuillot’s, in 1818.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Eugène Veuillot
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1769
François Charles Michel Leturcq
Youngest
1818
Eugène Veuillot
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known

Born in Boynes

EV#1
Writing & Arts

Eugène Veuillot

1818–1905

French journalist

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FL#2
Military

François Charles Michel Leturcq

1769–1799

French soldier

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Boynes is known for

Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.

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

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The most names next door are in Pithiviers: 30.

Questions about famous people from Boynes

Who is the most famous person from Boynes?

Eugène Veuillot (French journalist) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come François Charles Michel Leturcq.

How many famous people were born in Boynes?

2 people born in Boynes have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Boynes known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Boynes?

François Charles Michel Leturcq, born in 1769. The youngest on the list was born in 1818.

Who counts as from Boynes?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Boynes 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.