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Famous people · Brignon, Gard

2 famous people call Brignon their birthplace

The best known is the French association football player Denis Rouvier, with an article in one language. The list has one more: the French publisher and writer Max Chaleil. Laurent Blanc heads the list in Alès, 11 mi away, which has 103 names. The oldest name on the list belongs to Max Chaleil, born in 1937, the newest to Denis Rouvier, born in 1946.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Denis Rouvier
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1937
Max Chaleil
Youngest
1946
Denis Rouvier
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Brignon

DR#1
Sports

Denis Rouvier

1946–2023

French association football player

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
MC#2
Writing & Arts

Max Chaleil

born 1937

French publisher and writer

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Brignon is known for

Sports leads the fields, with 1 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The fullest list close by belongs to Alès, with 103.

Questions about famous people from Brignon

Who is the most famous person from Brignon?

Denis Rouvier (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Max Chaleil.

How many famous people were born in Brignon?

2 people born in Brignon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 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 Brignon known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Brignon?

Max Chaleil, born in 1937. The youngest on the list was born in 1946.

Who counts as from Brignon?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Brignon 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)

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.