No one from Pranles is on the famous people list yet
Privas, 3 mi away, has 23 on its list, the best known Cyril Théréau. The longest list of any town in Ardèche belongs to Aubenas, with 51. After Aubenas, the next longest list in Ardèche is Annonay’s, with 35. Across Ardèche, 85 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pranles (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Pranles as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Pranles
The neighbour with the most names is Privas, at 23.
Questions about famous people from Pranles
Who counts as from Pranles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pranles 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)
- 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
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