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Famous people · Champgenéteux, Mayenne

The French professor of economics and law Jacques Baguenard is the one famous person from Champgenéteux

Jacques Baguenard, the French professor of economics and law, was born in 1945. That places their birth between 1914 and 1969. Readers can find them written up in one language. Go 11 mi to Mayenne and the list grows to 47, with Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus at the top.

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1
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Best known
Jacques Baguenard
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1945
Jacques Baguenard
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known

Born in Champgenéteux

JB#1
Science & Medicine

Jacques Baguenard

1945–2014

French professor of economics and law (1945-2014)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

The most names next door are in Mayenne: 47.

Questions about famous people from Champgenéteux

Who is the most famous person from Champgenéteux?

Jacques Baguenard (French professor of economics and law (1945-2014)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Champgenéteux?

1 people born in Champgenéteux have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 2 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 Champgenéteux known for?

Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.

Who counts as from Champgenéteux?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Champgenéteux 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).

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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.