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Famous people · Gacé, Orne

Pierre Joseph Antoine Beauperrey is the only name on the Gacé list

Pierre Joseph Antoine Beauperrey, the French politician, was born in 1745. Their birth falls before the Revolution. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. For more famous names, Vimoutiers is 10 mi away: its list has 4, led by Joseph Laniel.

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1
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Best known
Pierre Joseph Antoine Beauperrey
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1745
Pierre Joseph Antoine Beauperrey
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known

Born in Gacé

PB#1
Politics & Law

Pierre Joseph Antoine Beauperrey

1745–1794

French politician

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
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Questions about famous people from Gacé

Who is the most famous person from Gacé?

Pierre Joseph Antoine Beauperrey (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Gacé?

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

Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who counts as from Gacé?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gacé 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).

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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.