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Science & Medicine
Pierre Tranquille Husnot
1840–1929French botanist (1840-1929)
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Cahan, Orne
Cahan has just one famous person to its name: Pierre Tranquille Husnot
Pierre Tranquille Husnot, the French botanist, was born in 1840. Their birth falls between the Revolution and the Second Empire. Articles about them exist in 5 languages. Of its neighbours, Falaise, 11 mi away, lists the most: 32, Guillaume le Conquérant first.
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Best known
Pierre Tranquille Husnot
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1840
Pierre Tranquille Husnot
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known
Born in Cahan
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is Falaise, at 32.
Falaise · 11 miGuillaume le Conquérant & 31 moreGMFlers · 10 miGuy Mollet & 17 moreJDCondé-en-Normandie · 6 miJules Dumont d’Urville & 11 morePHThury-Harcourt-le-Hom · 9 miPaul Héroult & 4 moreJLAthis-Val de Rouvre · 4 miJean-François Leroy & 3 moreAPSaint-Georges-des-Groseillers · 9 miAloïs PottierQuestions about famous people from Cahan
Who is the most famous person from Cahan?
Pierre Tranquille Husnot (French botanist (1840-1929)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Cahan?
1 people born in Cahan have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Cahan 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 Cahan?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cahan 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)
- Guillaume le Conquérant: Myrabella, Public domain, 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.