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Famous people · Salindres, Gard

Salindres is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Articles in 6 languages make the French composer and conductor Roger Auguste Dumas the best known. The cyclist Yves Pierracci ranks second, ahead of Félix Brun. The nearest list is in Alès, 5 mi away: 103 names, starting with Laurent Blanc. The list comes to 8.2 for every 10,000 residents, against 2.2 in the typical town in Gard.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Roger Auguste Dumas
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1896
Félix Brun
Youngest
1918
Yves Pierracci
Most common field
Music
1 person
The best known

Born in Salindres

By how many languages cover them, Roger Auguste Dumas comes first (6), then Yves Pierracci (3) and Félix Brun (3).

RD#1
Music

Roger Auguste Dumas

1897–1951

French composer and conductor (1897–1951)

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
YP#2
Sports

Yves Pierracci

1918–1983

Cyclist

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FB#3
Politics & Law

Félix Brun

1896–1964

French politician

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Salindres is known for

Music leads the fields, with 1 people.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, Alès counts 103 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Questions about famous people from Salindres

Who is the most famous person from Salindres?

Roger Auguste Dumas (French composer and conductor (1897–1951)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yves Pierracci and Félix Brun.

How many famous people were born in Salindres?

3 people born in Salindres have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Salindres known for?

Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Salindres?

Félix Brun, born in 1896. The youngest on the list was born in 1918.

Who counts as from Salindres?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Salindres 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)

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.