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Military
Athanase de Villermont
1763–1840French military personnel
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Cuis, Marne
Cuis has one famous person on record
Athanase de Villermont, the French military personnel, was born in 1763. Their birth falls before the Revolution. 2 languages have an article about them. A short trip away, Épernay (3 mi) counts 54 famous people, Yohann Diniz among them.
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Athanase de Villermont
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1763
Athanase de Villermont
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known
Born in Cuis
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Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Épernay has the most on record, with 54.
Questions about famous people from Cuis
Who is the most famous person from Cuis?
Athanase de Villermont (French military personnel) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Cuis?
1 people born in Cuis have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Cuis known for?
Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.
Who counts as from Cuis?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cuis 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.
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Photo credits (3)
- Yohann Diniz: Paolo Salmaso from Roma, Italy, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Lalique: Aron Gerschel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yvette Lundy: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.