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Science & Medicine
André Gravier
1911–2004French officer and engineer
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Nicolas5788 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Éloyes, Vosges
André Gravier is the only name on the Éloyes list
The French officer and engineer André Gravier was born in 1911. Their birth falls in the Belle Époque. An article about them exists in one language. For more famous names, Épinal is 9 mi away: its list has 138, led by Émile Durkheim.
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André Gravier
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1911
André Gravier
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Science & Medicine
1 person
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Born in Éloyes
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Épinal has the most on record: 138.
Questions about famous people from Éloyes
Who is the most famous person from Éloyes?
André Gravier (French officer and engineer) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Éloyes?
1 people born in Éloyes have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Éloyes 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 Éloyes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Éloyes 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?
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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 (6)
- Émile Durkheim: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clément Noël: Pierre Berendes, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Lurçat: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Flayelle: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Dinkel: Sabine Egenschwiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Sérot: 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.