Dieppe, birthplace of Louis de Broglie and 116 more famous people

Louis de Broglie (Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter (1892–1987)) is the best known by our measure: 101 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Emmanuel Petit and Valérie Lemercier.

117 people born in Dieppe have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 192 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 33 of the 117. That is 28% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Jean Ango, born in 1480. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Dieppe 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.

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.