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Famous people · Prémery, Nièvre

3 famous people call Prémery their birthplace

Articles in 5 languages make the actor André Brunot the best known. Maurice Mignon and Émile Archambault follow. A short trip away, Guérigny (9 mi) counts 4 famous people, Marcel Déat among them. From Émile Archambault to Maurice Mignon, the births on the list run from 1793 to 1882.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
André Brunot
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1793
Émile Archambault
Youngest
1882
Maurice Mignon
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known

Born in Prémery

Languages with an article: 5 for André Brunot, 3 for Maurice Mignon, 1 for Émile Archambault.

AB#1
Film, TV & Stage

André Brunot

1879–1973

Actor (1879–1973)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MM#2
Science & Medicine

Maurice Mignon

1882–1962

French university teacher (1882-1962)

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

Émile Archambault

1793–1873

French politician

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

What Prémery is known for

Performers are the most numerous, 1 of them.

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

The most names next door are in Guérigny: 4.

Questions about famous people from Prémery

Who is the most famous person from Prémery?

André Brunot (Actor (1879–1973)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Maurice Mignon and Émile Archambault.

How many famous people were born in Prémery?

3 people born in Prémery have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Prémery known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Prémery?

Émile Archambault, born in 1793. The youngest on the list was born in 1882.

Who counts as from Prémery?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Prémery 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.