Chevannes has no famous person on record yet
Joseph Fourier tops the 105 names on record in Auxerre, 5 mi away. Across Yonne, 112 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Yonne belongs to Auxerre, with 105. After Auxerre, the next longest list in Yonne is Avallon’s, with 30.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chevannes (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Chevannes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Chevannes
4 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Chevannes
Who counts as from Chevannes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chevannes 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)
- Joseph Fourier: Julien-Léopold Boilly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paulin Méry: Jules Beau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Larousse: 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.