No famous person from Lignières yet, but Montdidier next door has 14
The longest list of any town in Somme belongs to Amiens, with 313. After Amiens, the next longest list in Somme is Abbeville’s, with 100. In all of Somme, the famous people on record come from 149 towns. The best known born in Montdidier is Jean Fernel.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Lignières (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lignières yet.
Famous people born near Lignières
The most names next door are in Montdidier: 14.
Questions about famous people from Lignières
Who counts as from Lignières?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lignières 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)
- Jean Fernel: Vigneron, artist; G. Engelmann, lithographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Armand de Monchy d'Hocquincourt: Comte Héritier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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