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Famous people · Vauvert, Gard

Vauvert counts 7 famous people, first among them René Girard

René Girard, the French football manager, is the most widely known, written about in 26 languages. The French Protestant theologian & academic Raoul Allier ranks second, ahead of Émile Reinaud. The largest group, 4, was born between the Revolution and the Second Empire. Born in 1792, Jacques Meizonnet is the first name on record, and René Girard, born in 1954, the most recent.

#1 best knownRené GirardSports · born 1954
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Born here
7
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
René Girard
26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1792
Jacques Meizonnet
Youngest
1954
René Girard
Most common field
Politics & Law
3 people
The best known

Born in Vauvert

René Girard has articles in 26 languages, Raoul Allier in 4 and Émile Reinaud in 3.

René Girard#1
Sports

René Girard

born 1954

French football manager

26 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RA#2
Faith

Raoul Allier

1862–1939

French protestant theologian & academic (1862–1939)

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Émile Reinaud#3
Politics & Law

Émile Reinaud

1854–1924

French politician, lawyer and essayist (1854–1924)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Vauvert’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1860s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.

Revolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th century1800185019001950Raoul AllierRobert GourdonJacques MeizonnetGaston BazileRené Girard
Politics & LawWriting & ArtsSportsFaith

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Vauvert is known for

Compared with the usual town, leaders are the most over-represented field, at 1.8 times.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Vauvert

The other 4 span the years 1792 to 1914.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The best known from each town within 12 mi of Vauvert, with how many people each has.

Questions about famous people from Vauvert

Who is the most famous person from Vauvert?

René Girard (French football manager) is the best known by our measure: 26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Raoul Allier and Émile Reinaud.

How many famous people were born in Vauvert?

7 people born in Vauvert have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 11 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 Vauvert known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 3 of the 7. That is 43% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vauvert?

Jacques Meizonnet, born in 1792. The youngest on the list was born in 1954.

Who counts as from Vauvert?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vauvert 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 (5)

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.