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Famous people · La Haye, Manche

La Haye’s famous people span 177 years: 3 births from 1742 to 1919

An article in one language makes the French politician Charles Louis François Regnault de Bretel the best known so far. Hervé-Charles-Antoine Faye, the engineer, comes second, with Maurice Delauney third. The list’s best known name, Charles Louis François Regnault de Bretel, dates from 1742. For more famous names, Port-Bail-sur-Mer is 6 mi away: its list has 2, led by René Fenouillère.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Charles Louis François Regnault de Bretel
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1742
Charles Louis François Regnault de Bretel
Youngest
1919
Maurice Delauney
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in La Haye

Languages with an article: 1 for Charles Louis François Regnault de Bretel, 1 for Hervé-Charles-Antoine Faye, 1 for Maurice Delauney.

CB#1
Politics & Law

Charles Louis François Regnault de Bretel

1742–1819

French politician (1742-1819)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
HF#2
Science & Medicine

Hervé-Charles-Antoine Faye

1763–1825

Engineer

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
MD#3
Politics & Law

Maurice Delauney

1919–2009

French diplomat (1919-2009)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What La Haye is known for

Share of La Haye’s famous people in each field.

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

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Port-Bail-sur-Mer leads the towns around it, with 2 names.

Questions about famous people from La Haye

Who is the most famous person from La Haye?

Charles Louis François Regnault de Bretel (French politician (1742-1819)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Hervé-Charles-Antoine Faye and Maurice Delauney.

How many famous people were born in La Haye?

3 people born in La Haye have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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 La Haye known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from La Haye?

Charles Louis François Regnault de Bretel, born in 1742. The youngest on the list was born in 1919.

Who counts as from La Haye?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Haye 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 (1)

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.