Next door to Mons, Alès lists 103 famous people
The Gard lists hold names for 99 towns. No entry yet names Mons as a birthplace. Nîmes has the most of any town in Gard: 380. The best known born in Alès is Laurent Blanc.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Mons (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 Mons yet.
Famous people born near Mons
The neighbour with the most names is Alès, at 103.
Questions about famous people from Mons
Who counts as from Mons?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mons 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)
- Laurent Blanc: Julien Manceau, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Silhol: Charles Reutlinger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Joseph Elisabeth Fortuné de Renaud de Boulogne: 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.