Nîmes leads Gard with 380 famous people

Alphonse Daudet (French novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897)) is the best known by our measure: 107 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come François Guizot and Jean Paulhan.

380 people born in Nîmes have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 620 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, writers and artists: 113 of the 380. That is 30% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Claude Baduel, born in 1499. The youngest on the list was born in 2006.

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Nîmes 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.