#1Politics & Law
Louis Joseph Pilat
1735–1809French politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Brebières, Pas-de-Calais
Brebières has just one famous person to its name: Louis Joseph Pilat
Louis Joseph Pilat, the French politician, was born in 1735. That places their birth before the Revolution. Readers can find them written up in one language. Within 4 mi, Douai lists the most: 158, with Charles Alexandre de Calonne first.
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1
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Louis Joseph Pilat
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1735
Louis Joseph Pilat
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Brebières
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Douai has the most people on record, 158 of them.
Douai · 4 miCharles Alexandre de Calonne & 157 morePBSin-le-Noble · 4 miPierre-Jules Boulanger & 8 more
Waziers · 5 miGeorges Pretre & 4 moreGMVitry-en-Artois · 2 miGilbert Mathon & 2 moreATCourchelettes · 2 miAlfred Trannin & 2 more
Lambres-lez-Douai · 2 miVictoire Berteau & 2 more
Courcelles-lès-Lens · 6 miAnnie Sugier & 2 moreAGArleux · 6 miAndré-Joseph-Ghislain Le Glay & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Brebières
Who is the most famous person from Brebières?
Louis Joseph Pilat (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Brebières?
1 people born in Brebières have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Brebières 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 Brebières?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brebières 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 (5)
- Louis Joseph Pilat: After Georges Malbeste, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Alexandre de Calonne: Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Pretre: Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victoire Berteau: Nicola, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Annie Sugier: Nano GoleSorkh, CC BY 3.0, 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.