No one born in Auvers has made the famous people list yet
Just 4 mi away, Carentan-les-Marais’ list holds 21 names, Stéphane Travert the best known. No town in Manche lists more than Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, with 178. After Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the next longest list in Manche is Saint-Lô’s, with 60. Across Manche, the lists cover 123 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Auvers (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Auvers as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Auvers
The neighbour with the most names is Carentan-les-Marais, at 21.
Questions about famous people from Auvers
Who counts as from Auvers?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Auvers 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 (3)
- Stéphane Travert: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Basnage de Franquesnay: Giogo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles-François Lebrun: Robert Lefèvre, Public domain, 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.