No famous person yet from La Bastide-d'Engras
Antoine de Rivarol heads the list in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, 8 mi away, which has 34 names. The longest list of any town in Gard belongs to Nîmes, with 380. After Nîmes, the next longest list in Gard is Alès’, with 103. 99 towns in Gard have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Bastide-d'Engras (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 La Bastide-d'Engras as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near La Bastide-d'Engras
The most names next door are in Bagnols-sur-Cèze: 34.
Questions about famous people from La Bastide-d'Engras
Who counts as from La Bastide-d'Engras?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Bastide-d'Engras 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)
- Antoine de Rivarol: Unknown author Unknown author ( French art ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Firmin Abauzit: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Fuzet: Giogo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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