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Science & Medicine
Claude Chappe
1763–1805French inventor
36 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Brûlon, Sarthe
The 6 famous people born in Brûlon, led by Claude Chappe
At the top of the list is the French inventor Claude Chappe, covered in 36 languages. Émile Grouard and Abraham Chappe follow. The largest group, 4, was born before the Revolution. The list reaches back to François René Guérin, born in 1735, one of 4 born before the Revolution.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Claude Chappe
36 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1735
François René Guérin
Youngest
1895
René Gréory
Most common field
Science & Medicine
2 people
What stands out about Brûlon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Brûlon’s famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1760s, at 1.
Science & MedicinePolitics & LawFaithWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Brûlon
Two of the three are scientists and doctors.
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AC#3
Science & Medicine
Abraham Chappe
1773–1849(1773-1849)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Brûlon is known for
The largest field is Science & Medicine, with 2 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Brûlon
Still to come: 3 more, from 1735 to 1895.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Sablé-sur-Sarthe has the longest list next door: 13.
Questions about famous people from Brûlon
Who is the most famous person from Brûlon?
Claude Chappe (French inventor) is the best known by our measure: 36 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Émile Grouard and Abraham Chappe.
How many famous people were born in Brûlon?
6 people born in Brûlon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 10 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 Brûlon known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brûlon?
François René Guérin, born in 1735. The youngest on the list was born in 1895.
Who counts as from Brûlon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brûlon 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 (2)
- Prosper Guéranger: Claude Ferdinand Gaillard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Eugénie Faux-Froidure: La Revue illustrée. Photographe inconnu., CC BY 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.