No one born in La Barre-de-Semilly has made the famous people list yet
Urbain Le Verrier heads the list in Saint-Lô, 3 mi away, which has 60 names. The longest list in Manche is Cherbourg-en-Cotentin’s, with 178 names. In all of Manche, the famous people on record come from 123 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Barre-de-Semilly (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 La Barre-de-Semilly yet.
Famous people born near La Barre-de-Semilly
Around it, Saint-Lô has the most people on record, 60 of them.
Questions about famous people from La Barre-de-Semilly
Who counts as from La Barre-de-Semilly?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Barre-de-Semilly 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
- Jacques de Monaco: Nicolas de Largillière, Public domain, 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
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