No famous person from Cavigny yet, but Saint-Lô next door has 60
The longest list of any town in Manche belongs to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, with 178. Across Manche, 123 towns list someone born there. The best known born in Saint-Lô is Urbain Le Verrier.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Cavigny (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cavigny yet.
Famous people born near Cavigny
Close by, the fullest list is Saint-Lô’s, at 60 names.
Saint-Lô · 6 miUrbain Le Verrier & 59 more
Carentan-les-Marais · 9 miStéphane Travert & 20 moreMBIsigny-sur-Mer · 8 miMaurice Le Boucher & 3 moreRBMarigny-Le-Lozon · 8 miRobert Bucaille & 1 more
Bourgvallées · 10 miFernand Le Rachinel
Condé-sur-Vire · 10 miJean de BrébeufALLe Molay-Littry · 11 miAdolphe LanceQuestions about famous people from Cavigny
Who counts as from Cavigny?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cavigny 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
- Fernand Le Rachinel: 0623pattom, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean de Brébeuf: Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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