Photo: Frachet · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person born in Les Angles is listed yet
Nearby, Avignon, 3 mi away, lists 276, led by Mireille Mathieu. 99 towns across Gard can name a famous person born there. 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.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Les Angles (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 Les Angles yet.
Famous people born near Les Angles
The most names next door are in Avignon: 276.
Avignon · 3 miMireille Mathieu & 275 moreFMChâteaurenard · 7 miFrédéric Martel & 8 more
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon · 1 miWilliam Marx & 6 more
Sorgues · 6 miPaul Pons & 5 morePGRoquemaure · 6 miPaul Granet & 3 more
Rochefort-du-Gard · 4 miAndré Savonne & 1 moreHFBarbentane · 4 miHenri Fontaine & 1 more
Aramon · 6 miHenri Pitot & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Les Angles
Who counts as from Les Angles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Les Angles 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)
- Mireille Mathieu: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Marx: Angelika Leuchter, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Pons: Waléry Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Savonne: AlphoneB, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Pitot: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.