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Famous people · Bazentin, Somme

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, born in 1744, is Bazentin’s famous person on record

The French naturalist Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck was born in 1744. That places their birth before the Revolution. Articles about them exist in 110 languages. The neighbour with the longest list is Péronne, 10 mi away: 27, led by Automne Pavia.

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1
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Best known
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
110 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1744
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person

What stands out about Bazentin’s famous people

★ What stands out · The best known

Born in Bazentin

JL#1
Science & Medicine

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

1744–1829

French naturalist (1744-1829)

110 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

Nearby, Péronne has the most on record, with 27.

Questions about famous people from Bazentin

Who is the most famous person from Bazentin?

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck (French naturalist (1744-1829)) is the best known by our measure: 110 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Bazentin?

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

Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.

Who counts as from Bazentin?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bazentin 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.