PL#1
Writing & Arts
Pierrette Lambert
born 1928French engraver
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Orches, Vienne
2 famous people call Orches their birthplace
Pierrette Lambert, the French engraver, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The other is Emmanuel Fleury, the French politician. Of its neighbours, Châtellerault, 11 mi away, lists the most: 65, Sylvain Chavanel first. Over 28 years of births, the list goes from Emmanuel Fleury (1900) to Pierrette Lambert (1928).
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pierrette Lambert
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1900
Emmanuel Fleury
Youngest
1928
Pierrette Lambert
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known
Born in Orches
EF#2
Politics & Law
Emmanuel Fleury
1900–1970French politician
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Orches is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.
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 most names next door are in Châtellerault: 65.
Questions about famous people from Orches
Who is the most famous person from Orches?
Pierrette Lambert (French engraver) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Emmanuel Fleury.
How many famous people were born in Orches?
2 people born in Orches have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Orches known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Orches?
Emmanuel Fleury, born in 1900. The youngest on the list was born in 1928.
Who counts as from Orches?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Orches 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 (4)
- Sylvain Chavanel: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Guillon: GrandBout, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fernand Augereau: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.