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Famous people · Les Vans, Ardèche

Les Vans is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Antoine François Barthélemi de Bournet, the French general, is the most widely known, written about in one language. The list has one more: the French general François d'Hillaire de Chamvert. For more famous names, Bessèges is 8 mi away: its list has 3, led by Pierre Jouguet. Born in 1731, François d'Hillaire de Chamvert is the first name on record, and Antoine François Barthélemi de Bournet, born in 1741, the most recent.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Antoine François Barthélemi de Bournet
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1731
François d'Hillaire de Chamvert
Youngest
1741
Antoine François Barthélemi de Bournet
Most common field
Military
2 people
The best known

Born in Les Vans

AB#1
Military

Antoine François Barthélemi de Bournet

1741–1812

French general (1741–1812)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
FC#2
Military

François d'Hillaire de Chamvert

1731–1807

French general

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Bessèges has the longest list next door: 3.

Questions about famous people from Les Vans

Who is the most famous person from Les Vans?

Antoine François Barthélemi de Bournet (French general (1741–1812)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come François d'Hillaire de Chamvert.

How many famous people were born in Les Vans?

2 people born in Les Vans have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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 Les Vans known for?

Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Les Vans?

François d'Hillaire de Chamvert, born in 1731. The youngest on the list was born in 1741.

Who counts as from Les Vans?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Les Vans 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).

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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.