Photo: Finoskov · CC BY-SA 4.0Fourques has no famous person on record yet
Of its neighbours, Arles, 3 mi away, lists the most: 104, Jeanne Calment first. 99 towns across Gard can name a famous person born there. No town in Gard lists more than Nîmes, with 380. Alès has the second-longest list in Gard, after Nîmes, with 103.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Fourques (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Fourques yet.
Famous people born near Fourques
The most names next door are in Arles: 104.
Arles · 3 miJeanne Calment & 103 moreJGTarascon · 8 miJean Gilles & 26 more
Beaucaire · 8 miAnatole de Cabrières & 8 more
Saint-Gilles · 9 miClément IV & 5 more
Fontvieille · 6 miLouis Gros & 1 moreJNBellegarde · 6 miJacky Novi & 1 more
Manduel · 10 miFrançois Fournier & 1 morePMJonquières-Saint-Vincent · 9 miPierre MazierQuestions about famous people from Fourques
Who counts as from Fourques?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Fourques 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 (5)
- Jeanne Calment: Gustave Ouvière, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Anatole de Cabrières: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clément IV: Véronique PAGNIER, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Gros: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Fournier: Agence de presse Meurisse, 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.