AK#1
Sports
Antoine Kuszowski
1947–2023French association football player (1947–2023)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Bouligny, Meuse
3 famous people were born in Bouligny
The best known is the French association football player Antoine Kuszowski, with an article in one language. Behind the leader come Claude Righi and Paul Bartoletti. Go 9 mi to Val de Briey and the list grows to 25, with Philippe Rousselot at the top. Paul Bartoletti, born in 1926, is the earliest name and Antoine Kuszowski, born in 1947, the latest.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Antoine Kuszowski
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1926
Paul Bartoletti
Youngest
1947
Antoine Kuszowski
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Bouligny
Athletes take two of the three places.
CR#2
#3Sports
Paul Bartoletti
1926–1985French rugby league player (1926-)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Bouligny is known for
2 of them work in Sports, the biggest 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
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Bouligny
Who is the most famous person from Bouligny?
Antoine Kuszowski (French association football player (1947–2023)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Claude Righi and Paul Bartoletti.
How many famous people were born in Bouligny?
3 people born in Bouligny have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Bouligny known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bouligny?
Paul Bartoletti, born in 1926. The youngest on the list was born in 1947.
Who counts as from Bouligny?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bouligny 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)
- Paul Bartoletti: But-Club et le Miroir des sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Piantoni: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marc Paygnard: Kergeo, 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.