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Famous people · Changé, Mayenne

2 famous people call Changé their birthplace

Articles in 3 languages make the French politician Christian d'Elva the best known. The only other name is the French politician Joseph Barré. Nearby, Laval, 2 mi away, lists 173, led by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Over 14 years of births, the list goes from Joseph Barré (1836) to Christian d'Elva (1850).

#1 best knownChristian d'ElvaPolitics & Law · 1850–1925
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Christian d'Elva
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1836
Joseph Barré
Youngest
1850
Christian d'Elva
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Changé

Christian d'Elva#1
Politics & Law

Christian d'Elva

1850–1925

French politician

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
JB#2
Politics & Law

Joseph Barré

1836–1893

French politician

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

Close by, Laval counts 173 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Questions about famous people from Changé

Who is the most famous person from Changé?

Christian d'Elva (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Joseph Barré.

How many famous people were born in Changé?

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

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Changé?

Joseph Barré, born in 1836. The youngest on the list was born in 1850.

Who counts as from Changé?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Changé 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 (3)

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.