Photo: Jclpaca · CC BY-SA 3.0No one born in Peynier has made the famous people list yet
Urbain Dubois tops the 4 names on record in Trets, 3 mi away. Across Bouches-du-Rhône, 76 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Bouches-du-Rhône belongs to Marseille, with 707. After Marseille, the next longest list in Bouches-du-Rhône is Aix-en-Provence’s, with 301.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Peynier (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 Peynier yet.
Famous people born near Peynier
The most names next door are in Trets: 4.
Questions about famous people from Peynier
Who counts as from Peynier?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Peynier 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 (4)
- Urbain Dubois: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Germain Nouveau: Étienne Carjat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Félix Gouin: Anonymous Unknown author, 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
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