DD#1
Notable
Dominique Le Dissès
born 1957French athletics competitor
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Urzy, Nièvre
Urzy is the birthplace of 4 famous people
At the top of the list is the French athletics competitor Dominique Le Dissès, covered in 2 languages. Louis Bernard and Berthe Fouchère follow. The list runs from Berthe Fouchère, born in 1899, to Dominique Le Dissès, born in 1957. More are leaders than anything else, 3 in all.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dominique Le Dissès
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1899
Berthe Fouchère
Youngest
1957
Dominique Le Dissès
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known
Born in Urzy
Leaders take two of the three places.
LB#2
Politics & Law
Louis Bernard
1914–1946French politician (1914-1946)
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
BF#3
Politics & Law
Berthe Fouchère
1899–1979French politician (1899–1979)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Urzy’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 2.
Politics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Urzy is known for
Set against the usual town, leaders come out 3.2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Urzy
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Nevers lists the most people: 108.
Questions about famous people from Urzy
Who is the most famous person from Urzy?
Dominique Le Dissès (French athletics competitor) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Louis Bernard and Berthe Fouchère.
How many famous people were born in Urzy?
4 people born in Urzy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Urzy known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 4. That is 75% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Urzy?
Berthe Fouchère, born in 1899. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.
Who counts as from Urzy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Urzy 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 (4)
- Camille Barrère: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Déat: Agence Meurisse (domaine public, voir fiche détaillée Gallica), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Miguel Martinez: Marcigny71, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manuel Sanchez: Serge Ottaviani, 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.