Photo: Dimimis · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people born near Arvert
Royan, 9 mi off, can claim 26 famous people, the best known Trévor Clévenot. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Arvert. Famous people are on record for 114 of the towns in Charente-Maritime. The longest list of any town in Charente-Maritime belongs to Saintes, with 70.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Arvert (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Arvert as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Arvert
Of the towns nearby, Royan lists the most people: 26.
Royan · 9 miTrévor Clévenot & 25 more
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage · 6 miJean Jacques Étienne Lucas & 12 more
Saujon · 11 miÉmile Gaboriau & 4 more
Saint-Palais-sur-Mer · 7 miPierre Raphaël Paillot de Beauregard & 2 more
Étaules · 2 miCharles Ballande & 1 more
La Tremblade · 2 miCharles Torchut & 1 moreBPVaux-sur-Mer · 8 miBernard Plantey & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Arvert
Who counts as from Arvert?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Arvert 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)
- Trévor Clévenot: Lega Pallavolo Serie A, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Jacques Étienne Lucas: Antoine Maurin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Gaboriau: Unknown photographer Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Raphaël Paillot de Beauregard: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Ballande: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Torchut: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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.