No famous person born in Gurgy is listed yet
Within 5 mi, Auxerre lists the most: 105, with Joseph Fourier first. The longest list of any town in Yonne belongs to Auxerre, with 105. Avallon has the second-longest list in Yonne, after Auxerre, with 30. Famous people are on record for 112 of the towns in Yonne.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Gurgy (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gurgy yet.
Famous people born near Gurgy
Around it, Auxerre has the most people on record, 105 of them.
Questions about famous people from Gurgy
Who counts as from Gurgy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gurgy 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 (4)
- Joseph Fourier: Julien-Léopold Boilly, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Aymé: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cédric Pineau: Denismenchov08, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paulin Méry: Jules Beau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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