Photo: EddieJav · CC0No famous person from Pujaut yet, but Avignon next door has 276
In all of Gard, the famous people on record come from 99 towns. The longest list in Gard is Nîmes’, with 380 names. Alès has the second-longest list in Gard, after Nîmes, with 103. The best known born in Avignon is Mireille Mathieu.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pujaut (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 Pujaut yet.
Famous people born near Pujaut
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Pujaut, with how many people each has.
Avignon · 5 miMireille Mathieu & 275 more
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon · 3 miWilliam Marx & 6 more
Sorgues · 5 miPaul Pons & 5 morePGRoquemaure · 3 miPaul Granet & 3 moreJBBédarrides · 6 miJacques Bérard & 2 more
Rochefort-du-Gard · 5 miAndré Savonne & 1 moreRJVedène · 7 miRené Jean & 1 moreMFEntraigues-sur-la-Sorgue · 7 miMarius Frattini & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Pujaut
Who counts as from Pujaut?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pujaut 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 (4)
- 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
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.