KA#1
Sports
Karim Azamoum
born 1990French association football player
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Rognac, Bouches-du-Rhône
Athletes stand out among the 10 famous people born in Rognac
At the top of the list is the French association football player Karim Azamoum, covered in 8 languages. Behind the leader come Sabri Tabet and Hakim Malek. More than half were born since 1970, 7 in all. The earliest on the list is Edmond Théry, born in 1854, and the youngest Karim Azamoum, born in 1990.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Karim Azamoum
8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1854
Edmond Théry
Youngest
1990
Karim Azamoum
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Rognac’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Rognac is known for
Rognac has 3.2× the usual share of athletes.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Rognac’s famous people were born
The 1970s top the chart, with 4 births in the decade.
SportsScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Rognac
The three best known are all athletes.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Rognac
7 more, from 1854 to 1987.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Marignane’s, at 9 names.
Marignane · 6 miBaptiste Giabiconi & 8 more
Berre-l'Étang · 3 miAlbert Emon & 6 moreHDChâteauneuf-les-Martigues · 8 miHenri d'Attilio & 1 moreFBVitrolles · 4 miFarid BoulayaBPLa Fare-les-Oliviers · 4 miBaptistin PoujoulatOJSaint-Victoret · 6 miOdette Jasse
Gignac-la-Nerthe · 7 miGeorges CarnusESLançon-Provence · 8 miEmmanuel SignoretQuestions about famous people from Rognac
Who is the most famous person from Rognac?
Karim Azamoum (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 8 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Sabri Tabet and Hakim Malek.
How many famous people were born in Rognac?
10 people born in Rognac have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Rognac known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 10. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rognac?
Edmond Théry, born in 1854. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Rognac?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rognac 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 (6)
- Edmond Théry: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Blaine: Drong~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yllya: Yllya, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Baptiste Giabiconi: Gilzetbase, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Emon: Kb25130, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Carnus: Benjamin Lemaire - Virtuo Press, 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.