No one from Barnas is on the famous people list yet
Go 12 mi to Aubenas and the list grows to 51, with Amandine Leynaud at the top. Aubenas has the most of any town in Ardèche: 51. After Aubenas, the next longest list in Ardèche is Annonay’s, with 35. Famous people are on record for 85 of the towns in Ardèche.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Barnas (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 Barnas yet.
Famous people born near Barnas
Close by, the fullest list is Aubenas’, at 51 names.
Questions about famous people from Barnas
Who counts as from Barnas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Barnas 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 (2)
- Amandine Leynaud: los_bandito_anthony, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jocelyne Villeton: Michel VILLETON, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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