Famous people born near Beaurecueil
Aix-en-Provence, 6 mi away, has 301 on its list, the best known Paul Cézanne. No famous person’s birth in Beaurecueil is on record yet. 76 of the towns in Bouches-du-Rhône list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Bouches-du-Rhône belongs to Marseille, with 707.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Beaurecueil (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 Beaurecueil yet.
Famous people born near Beaurecueil
Close by, Aix-en-Provence counts 301 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Aix-en-Provence · 6 miPaul Cézanne & 300 more
Gardanne · 6 miDaniel Xuereb & 13 moreLFMeyreuil · 3 miLucien Farmanian & 1 moreBNFuveau · 4 miBarthélemy Niollon & 1 more
Venelles · 7 miLouis-Félix Chabaud & 1 moreCBGréasque · 6 miClaude Bertrand
Mimet · 7 miPatrick Revelli
Simiane-Collongue · 8 miJean-Baptiste PenonQuestions about famous people from Beaurecueil
Who counts as from Beaurecueil?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Beaurecueil 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)
- Paul Cézanne: Unknown; Cézanne was born in 1839 and died in 1906, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Xuereb: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis-Félix Chabaud: Petit Pierre Lanith (1831-1909), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Patrick Revelli: Aankomst spelers St. Etienne op vliegveld van Eindhoven v.l.n.r. trainer Robert , Bestanddeelnr 928-5229.jpg : NL-HaNA, ANEFO / neg. stroken, 1945-1989 derivative work: Agamitsudo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Baptiste Penon: Mangouste35, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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.