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Famous people · Trun, Orne

2 famous people call Trun their birthplace

Gaspard Auguste Got, the French politician and banker, is the most widely known, written about in one language. The list has one more: the French politician Jacques, François, Alexis Got. Nearby, Argentan, 7 mi away, lists 55, led by Fernand Léger. The earliest on the list is Jacques, François, Alexis Got, born in 1763, and the youngest Gaspard Auguste Got, born in 1766.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gaspard Auguste Got
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1763
Jacques, François, Alexis Got
Youngest
1766
Gaspard Auguste Got
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Trun

GG#1
Politics & Law

Gaspard Auguste Got

1766–1838

French politician and banker (1766-1838)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
JG#2
Politics & Law

Jacques, François, Alexis Got

1763–1846

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Argentan’s, at 55 names.

Questions about famous people from Trun

Who is the most famous person from Trun?

Gaspard Auguste Got (French politician and banker (1766-1838)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jacques, François, Alexis Got.

How many famous people were born in Trun?

2 people born in Trun have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 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 Trun known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Trun?

Jacques, François, Alexis Got, born in 1763. The youngest on the list was born in 1766.

Who counts as from Trun?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Trun 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.