CC#1
Science & Medicine
Christian Champy
1885–1962French physician and politician (1885-1962)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Uzemain, Vosges
2 famous people call Uzemain their birthplace
An article in one language makes the French physician and politician Christian Champy the best known so far. The list has one more: the French politician Maurice Poirot. Only 29 of the 130 towns in Vosges with anyone on record list more. A short trip away, Épinal (7 mi) counts 138 famous people, Émile Durkheim among them.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Christian Champy
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1885
Christian Champy
Youngest
1900
Maurice Poirot
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known
Born in Uzemain
MP#2
Politics & Law
Maurice Poirot
1900–1981French politician (1900-1981)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Uzemain is known for
Scientists and doctors 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 fullest list close by belongs to Épinal, with 138.
Questions about famous people from Uzemain
Who is the most famous person from Uzemain?
Christian Champy (French physician and politician (1885-1962)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Maurice Poirot.
How many famous people were born in Uzemain?
2 people born in Uzemain have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Uzemain known for?
Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Uzemain?
Christian Champy, born in 1885. The youngest on the list was born in 1900.
Who counts as from Uzemain?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Uzemain 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 Durkheim: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Sérot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Flayelle: 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.