#1Famous people · La Bresse, Vosges
4 famous people call La Bresse their birthplace
At the top of the list is the ski jumper Gilbert Poirot, covered in 7 languages. Second place goes to the French ski jumper Gérard Colin, third to Gervais Poirot. The first birth on record is Raymond Perrin’s, in 1940, and the last Gérard Colin’s, in 1958. For every 10,000 residents there are 10.4 on the list, well above the typical Vosges town’s 4.8.
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gilbert Poirot
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1940
Raymond Perrin
Youngest
1958
Gérard Colin
The best known
Born in La Bresse
Gilbert Poirot leads with articles in 7 languages, ahead of Gérard Colin (6) and Gervais Poirot (2).
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Through the years
When La Bresse’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 3 in all.
NotableSportsWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What La Bresse is known for
The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in La Bresse
1 more, best known first.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 mi of La Bresse, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from La Bresse
Who is the most famous person from La Bresse?
Gilbert Poirot (Ski jumper) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gérard Colin and Gervais Poirot.
How many famous people were born in La Bresse?
4 people born in La Bresse have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from La Bresse?
Raymond Perrin, born in 1940. The youngest on the list was born in 1958.
Who counts as from La Bresse?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Bresse 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 (5)
- Gilbert Poirot: Manuguf, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raymond Perrin: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Gardère: RodolfoJuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hubert Curien: Jean Weber, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Poirot: Heliot88, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.