Famous people from Proissans
The neighbour with the longest list is Sarlat-la-Canéda, 3 mi away: 26, led by Étienne de La Boétie. So far, no famous person on record was born in Proissans. No town in Dordogne lists more than Périgueux, with 127. After Périgueux, the next longest list in Dordogne is Bergerac’s, with 63.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Proissans (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 Proissans as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Proissans
Around it, Sarlat-la-Canéda has the most people on record, 26 of them.
Questions about famous people from Proissans
Who counts as from Proissans?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Proissans 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 (3)
- Étienne de La Boétie: Tommy-Boy, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Couderc: Asabengurtza, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Lachambeaudie: MOSSOT, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.