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Famous people · Le Cailar, Gard

3 famous people were born in Le Cailar

Most widely known is Sully-André Peyre, the French poet, with articles in 6 languages. Frédéric Lopez, the French bullfighter, comes second, with Gérard Marcon third. Of its neighbours, Lunel, 5 mi away, lists the most: 30, Ellyes Skhiri first. Fewer than a quarter of the 99 towns in Gard with famous people list more.

#1 best knownSully-André PeyreWriting & Arts · 1890–1961
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Sully-André Peyre
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1890
Sully-André Peyre
Youngest
1949
Frédéric Lopez
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known

Born in Le Cailar

Counted by languages, Sully-André Peyre is ahead of Frédéric Lopez and Gérard Marcon: 6, 1 and 1.

Sully-André Peyre#1
Writing & Arts

Sully-André Peyre

1890–1961

French poet (1890-1961)

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FL#2
Notable

Frédéric Lopez

born 1949

French bullfighter

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
GM#3
Sports

Gérard Marcon

born 1942

French association football player

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

What Le Cailar is known for

The largest field is Writing & Arts, 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

Nearby, Lunel has the most on record, with 30.

Questions about famous people from Le Cailar

Who is the most famous person from Le Cailar?

Sully-André Peyre (French poet (1890-1961)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Frédéric Lopez and Gérard Marcon.

How many famous people were born in Le Cailar?

3 people born in Le Cailar have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 8 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 Le Cailar known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Le Cailar?

Sully-André Peyre, born in 1890. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.

Who counts as from Le Cailar?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Cailar 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.