Famous people born near Ners
Just 8 mi away, Alès’ list holds 103 names, Laurent Blanc the best known. Of the famous people on record, none was born in Ners. Across Gard, the lists cover 99 towns. The longest list in Gard is Nîmes’, with 380 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Ners (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Ners as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Ners
Alès leads the towns around it, with 103 names.
Questions about famous people from Ners
Who counts as from Ners?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ners 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 (2)
- Laurent Blanc: Julien Manceau, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.