Of the 105 famous people born in Auxerre, none is better known than Joseph Fourier

Joseph Fourier (French mathematician and physicist (1768 – 1830)) is the best known by our measure: 133 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Bérengère Schuh.

105 people born in Auxerre have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 169 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

Among its famous people, leaders: 29 of the 105. That is 28% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Jacques Colin, born in 1401. The youngest on the list was born in 2007.

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Auxerre 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.

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