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Hubert Barbier
born 1932French Roman Catholic archbishop
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Tirand · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · La Chaize-le-Vicomte, Vendée
A single famous person was born in La Chaize-le-Vicomte: Hubert Barbier
The French Roman Catholic archbishop Hubert Barbier was born in 1932. That places their birth between 1914 and 1969. Their name appears in articles in 8 languages. The nearest list is in La Roche-sur-Yon, 6 mi away: 73 names, starting with Émile Faguet.
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Hubert Barbier
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
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1932
Hubert Barbier
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Born in La Chaize-le-Vicomte
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Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, La Roche-sur-Yon counts 73 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
La Roche-sur-Yon · 6 miÉmile Faguet & 72 moreJTSaint-Martin-des-Noyers · 6 miJean-Charles Thomas & 2 more
Bournezeau · 7 miAmédée de Béjarry & 2 moreACRives de l'Yon · 6 miAdolphe-Auguste de Maynard de La Claye & 1 moreCMMareuil-sur-Lay-Dissais · 10 miChristophe de Margerie & 1 moreJABellevigny · 10 miJoseph Auré & 1 moreGPNesmy · 8 miGilbert Prouteau
Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux · 9 miYannick JaulinQuestions about famous people from La Chaize-le-Vicomte
Who is the most famous person from La Chaize-le-Vicomte?
Hubert Barbier (French Roman Catholic archbishop) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in La Chaize-le-Vicomte?
1 people born in La Chaize-le-Vicomte have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is La Chaize-le-Vicomte known for?
Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 3% across French towns.
Who counts as from La Chaize-le-Vicomte?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Chaize-le-Vicomte 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 (3)
- Émile Faguet: Félix Potin company (1908), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amédée de Béjarry: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yannick Jaulin: NeveuMael, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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