Photo: Fr.Latreille · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people from Auriol
A short trip away, Aubagne (7 mi) counts 47 famous people, Marcel Pagnol among them. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Auriol. In all of Bouches-du-Rhône, the famous people on record come from 76 towns. Marseille has the most of any town in Bouches-du-Rhône: 707.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Auriol (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Auriol as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Auriol
Aubagne leads the towns around it, with 47 names.
Questions about famous people from Auriol
Who counts as from Auriol?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Auriol 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 (5)
- Marcel Pagnol: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Castellan: Lançon, Chambéry, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Urbain Dubois: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Félix Gouin: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Marin: unknown ; inconnu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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