#1Notable
Amandine Leynaud
born 1986French handball player
29 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Aubenas, Ardèche
No town in Ardèche has more famous people than Aubenas: 51
Amandine Leynaud, the French handball player, is the most widely known, written about in 29 languages. Second and third on the list are Franck Sauzée and Anthony Mounier. The list has 1.8 times the usual share of athletes, 17 in all. 21 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period.
Born here
51
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Amandine Leynaud
29 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1738
Jean André Espic
Youngest
1998
Kam Hugh
Most common field
Sports
17 people
What stands out about Aubenas’ famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Aubenas’ famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1970s come out on top, with 12 births.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsNotableFilm, TV & StageScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Aubenas is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 1.8 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Aubenas
Athletes take two of the three places.
#1FS#2
Sports
Franck Sauzée
born 1965French association football player and manager
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#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Aubenas
48 more names, born between 1738 and 1998.
Jean-Paul Fargier
born 1944French film critic, film director, art critic, television producer and journalist (born 1944)
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Charles François Guillaume de Chanaleilles
1767–1846French politician and officer
Politics & LawWikipedia (French) ↗
Henri-Charles-Louis Deguilhem
1831–1888French politician (1831–1888)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Aubenas, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Aubenas
Who is the most famous person from Aubenas?
Amandine Leynaud (French handball player) is the best known by our measure: 29 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Franck Sauzée and Anthony Mounier.
How many famous people were born in Aubenas?
51 people born in Aubenas have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 66 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Aubenas known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 17 of the 51. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Aubenas?
Jean André Espic, born in 1738. The youngest on the list was born in 1998.
Who counts as from Aubenas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Aubenas 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 (23)
- Amandine Leynaud: los_bandito_anthony, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Mounier: 34 super héros, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marc Gounon: LoupDragon42, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Renaud Cohade: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cédric Barbosa: Yannick Bouvard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rémy Martin: Par Archimb (Travail personnel) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 )], via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurent Paganelli: Dd at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Seibel: Anonymous Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julie Rodde: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Guillo: Nicolasburgess, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kam Hugh: Mermaid of Agrabah, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marin Ledun: librairie mollat, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sébastien Cros: Фото пресс-службы Президента России, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas Andrieux: Like tears in rain, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Couderc: Anonymous Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Luc Coronel de Boissezon: Universitas Magistrorum et Scholarium, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marius Dubois: RepMarseille, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Montagnier: Parpignol, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Jacques Salgon: Noglas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jonathan Gleyse: Garettomarc84, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Servane Hugues: Loan Cannard, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jocelyne Villeton: Michel VILLETON, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustin Barruel: Barruel, Augustin, S.J. (1741-1820) (depicted), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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