#1Caroline Proust
born 1967French actress
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The best known is the French actress Caroline Proust, with articles in 11 languages. Valentin Esterházy is second and Louis d'Assas third. The largest group, 5, was born before the Revolution. The list comes to 25.9 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.2 in the typical town in Gard.
The 1940s top the chart, with 2 births in the decade.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Soldiers and sailors stand out most, at 7.3 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Caroline Proust leads with articles in 11 languages, ahead of Valentin Esterházy (5) and Louis d'Assas (4).
#1French actress
#2French commander (1740-1805)
#3French soldier (1733-1760)
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Of the towns nearby, 1 have famous names listed.
Caroline Proust (French actress) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Valentin Esterházy and Louis d'Assas.
10 people born in Le Vigan have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 29 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, leaders: 4 of the 10. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Antoine-François de Guichard de La Linière, born in 1724. The youngest on the list was born in 1967.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Vigan 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.
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).
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.