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Famous people · Bricquebec-en-Cotentin, Manche

8 famous people were born in Bricquebec-en-Cotentin from 1763 to 1948

The best known is the French football player and manager Roger Lemerre, with articles in 33 languages. The French bicycle racer Charles Rouxel ranks second, ahead of Jacques Delarue. 4 of them were born before the Revolution, the first Jean-Louis Charles Guesnon-Deschamps in 1763. More are soldiers and sailors than anything else, 3 in all.

#1 best knownRoger LemerreSports · born 1941
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Born here
8
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Roger Lemerre
33 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1763
Jean-Louis Charles Guesnon-Deschamps
Youngest
1948
Charles Rouxel
Most common field
Military
3 people

What stands out about Bricquebec-en-Cotentin’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Bricquebec-en-Cotentin’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th century17501800185019001950François-Joseph Alexandre LetourneurRoger LemerreJacques Félix MeslinJacques Delarue
MilitarySportsPolitics & LawWriting & Arts

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

The best known

Born in Bricquebec-en-Cotentin

Ranked by languages covered: Roger Lemerre with 33, then Charles Rouxel with 11 and Jacques Delarue with 5.

Roger Lemerre#1
Sports

Roger Lemerre

born 1941

French football player and manager

33 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Charles Rouxel#2
Sports

Charles Rouxel

born 1948

French bicycle racer

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JD#3
Politics & Law

Jacques Delarue

1919–2014

French policeman and historian (1919-2014)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Bricquebec-en-Cotentin is known for

The field furthest above the usual share is soldiers and sailors, at 9.1 times.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Bricquebec-en-Cotentin

Another 5, 3 of them soldiers and sailors.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Cherbourg-en-Cotentin leads the towns around it, with 178 names.

Questions about famous people from Bricquebec-en-Cotentin

Who is the most famous person from Bricquebec-en-Cotentin?

Roger Lemerre (French football player and manager) is the best known by our measure: 33 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Charles Rouxel and Jacques Delarue.

How many famous people were born in Bricquebec-en-Cotentin?

8 people born in Bricquebec-en-Cotentin have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 11 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 Bricquebec-en-Cotentin known for?

Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 3 of the 8. That is 38% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bricquebec-en-Cotentin?

Jean-Louis Charles Guesnon-Deschamps, born in 1763. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.

Who counts as from Bricquebec-en-Cotentin?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 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 (7)

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.