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Politics & Law
Paul Guilbert
1888–1973French politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Airel, Manche
Airel has just one famous person to its name: Paul Guilbert
Paul Guilbert, the French politician, was born in 1888. That places their birth in the Belle Époque. Readers can find them written up in one language. Nearby, Saint-Lô, 7 mi away, lists 60, led by Urbain Le Verrier.
Born here
1
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Best known
Paul Guilbert
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1888
Paul Guilbert
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Airel
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Saint-Lô’s, at 60 names.
Saint-Lô · 7 miUrbain Le Verrier & 59 more
Carentan-les-Marais · 10 miStéphane Travert & 20 moreMBIsigny-sur-Mer · 7 miMaurice Le Boucher & 3 moreRBMarigny-Le-Lozon · 10 miRobert Bucaille & 1 moreALLe Molay-Littry · 9 miAdolphe Lance
Condé-sur-Vire · 11 miJean de Brébeuf
Bourgvallées · 11 miFernand Le RachinelQuestions about famous people from Airel
Who is the most famous person from Airel?
Paul Guilbert (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Airel?
1 people born in Airel have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Airel known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who counts as from Airel?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Airel 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 (4)
- Urbain Le Verrier: User Magnus Manske on en.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphane Travert: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean de Brébeuf: Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fernand Le Rachinel: 0623pattom, 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.