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Famous people · Celle-Lévescault, Vienne
2 famous people call Celle-Lévescault their birthplace
Articles in 5 languages make the French pilot Georges Thenault the best known. The other is Maurice Pouvrasseau, the French politician. Just 7 mi away, Valence-en-Poitou’s list holds 6 names, Élisabeth Morin-Chartier the best known. Fewer than a quarter of the 84 towns in Vienne with famous people list more.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Georges Thenault
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1887
Georges Thenault
Youngest
1893
Maurice Pouvrasseau
The best known
Born in Celle-Lévescault
MP#2
Politics & Law
Maurice Pouvrasseau
1893–1948French politician (1893-1948)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Celle-Lévescault is known for
Share of Celle-Lévescault’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Valence-en-Poitou, with 6.
Questions about famous people from Celle-Lévescault
Who is the most famous person from Celle-Lévescault?
Georges Thenault (French pilot) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Maurice Pouvrasseau.
How many famous people were born in Celle-Lévescault?
2 people born in Celle-Lévescault have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Celle-Lévescault?
Georges Thenault, born in 1887. The youngest on the list was born in 1893.
Who counts as from Celle-Lévescault?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Celle-Lévescault 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 (1)
- Marie Alexandre Émile Hippolyte Gallet: photographe Boyer, 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.