Photo: Alainauzas · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people near Cruas: 66 in Montélimar
Not one famous person on record comes from Cruas yet. 85 of the towns in Ardèche list at least one person. Aubenas’ 51 names make the longest list in Ardèche. After Aubenas, the next longest list in Ardèche is Annonay’s, with 35.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Cruas (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 Cruas yet.
Famous people born near Cruas
Of the towns nearby, Montélimar lists the most people: 66.
Montélimar · 7 miCharles Pic & 65 more
Privas · 10 miCyril Théréau & 22 moreÉMLoriol-sur-Drôme · 7 miÉtienne Martin & 5 more
La Voulte-sur-Rhône · 10 miBernard Janvier & 5 moreACChomérac · 6 miAndré ChareyreCSLe Pouzin · 6 miCharles SauvajonEMLivron-sur-Drôme · 9 miErnest Morin-Latour
Allex · 10 miHyacinthe de Gailhard-BancelQuestions about famous people from Cruas
Who counts as from Cruas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cruas 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)
- Charles Pic: Antigorky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyril Théréau: Adrian Haisan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard Janvier: XVIII Airborne Corps photograph DS-F-324-32 by SGT Nathan Webster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hyacinthe de Gailhard-Bancel: 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.