#1Cyril Théréau
born 1983French association footballer
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At the top of the list is the French association footballer Cyril Théréau, covered in 20 languages. Pierre Broué, the French historian, comes second, with Pierre Vigne third. Between 1914 and 1969, 10 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 26.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 4 in the typical town in Ardèche.
First, Cyril Théréau (20 languages), then Pierre Broué (13) and Pierre Vigne (11).
#1French association footballer
#2French historian (1926-2005)
#3French presbyter (1670-1740)
The 1940s alone account for 3 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The field furthest above the usual share is scientists and doctors, at 1.8 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
20 more, 7 of them writers and artists.


French hellenist, scholar, and translator (1874–1955)


French classical philologist and university teacher (1917-2008)




French pharmacist, physician and French resistance fighter (1911-2006)
No one matches both filters.
Around it, La Voulte-sur-Rhône has the most people on record, 6 of them.
Cyril Théréau (French association footballer) is the best known by our measure: 20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Broué and Pierre Vigne.
23 people born in Privas have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 30 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 8 of the 23. That is 35% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Pierre Vigne, born in 1670. The youngest on the list was born in 1983.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Privas 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.
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).
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.