No famous person from Rocher yet, but Aubenas next door has 51
Across Ardèche, 85 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Ardèche belongs to Aubenas, with 51. Annonay has the second-longest list in Ardèche, after Aubenas, with 35. The best known born in Aubenas is Amandine Leynaud.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Rocher (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 Rocher yet.
Famous people born near Rocher
Of the towns around it, Aubenas has the most on record: 51.
Questions about famous people from Rocher
Who counts as from Rocher?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rocher 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 (3)
- Amandine Leynaud: los_bandito_anthony, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jocelyne Villeton: Michel VILLETON, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustin Barruel: Barruel, Augustin, S.J. (1741-1820) (depicted), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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