Maupas has yet to put a famous person on the list
The neighbour with the longest list is Aire-sur-l'Adour, 12 mi away: 21, led by Marie-Hélène Gillig. The longest list of any town in Gers belongs to Auch, with 77. After Auch, the next longest list in Gers is Lectoure’s, with 28. Across Gers, 95 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Maupas (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 Maupas yet.
Famous people born near Maupas
The longest list nearby is Aire-sur-l'Adour’s, with 21.
Questions about famous people from Maupas
Who counts as from Maupas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Maupas 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 (1)
- Félix Soulès: Studio Gilles (Paris), 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.