Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.0No one from Redessan is on the famous people list yet
For more famous names, Beaucaire is 7 mi away: its list has 9, led by Anatole de Cabrières. Nîmes has the most of any town in Gard: 380. After Nîmes, the next longest list in Gard is Alès’, with 103. The Gard lists hold names for 99 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Redessan (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 Redessan as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Redessan
The longest list nearby is Beaucaire’s, with 9.
Beaucaire · 7 miAnatole de Cabrières & 8 more
Manduel · 2 miFrançois Fournier & 1 moreCBMarguerittes · 3 miCharles Bourneton & 1 more
Meynes · 5 miCamille Rogier & 1 moreJNBellegarde · 5 miJacky Novi & 1 moreJMMontfrin · 6 miJean Mouton & 1 morePMJonquières-Saint-Vincent · 3 miPierre MazierAGGarons · 5 miAndréa GuiotQuestions about famous people from Redessan
Who counts as from Redessan?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Redessan 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)
- Anatole de Cabrières: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Fournier: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Rogier: Henri Sauvaire, 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.