No one from Brachy is on the famous people list yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Dieppe, 9 mi away: 117, led by Louis de Broglie. Across Seine-Maritime, 173 towns list someone born there. Rouen has the most of any town in Seine-Maritime: 654. After Rouen, the next longest list in Seine-Maritime is Le Havre’s, with 133.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Brachy (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Brachy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Brachy
Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Brachy
Who counts as from Brachy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brachy 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)
- Louis de Broglie: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Ferny: Georges Redon, 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.