No famous person yet from Pérignac
For more famous names, Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire is 11 mi away: its list has 16, led by Renaud Lavillenie. 98 of the towns in Charente list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Charente belongs to Angoulême, with 136. Cognac has the second-longest list in Charente, after Angoulême, with 44.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pérignac (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 Pérignac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Pérignac
The most names next door are in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire: 16.
Questions about famous people from Pérignac
Who counts as from Pérignac?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pérignac 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 (1)
- Jean-Edmond Laroche-Joubert: Julien16, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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