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Famous people · Samatan, Gers

4 famous people were born in Samatan from 1759 to 1945

Serge Marsolan, the French rugby league player, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. Behind the leader come André Guerlin and Louis Germain Duplan. The list’s best known name, Serge Marsolan, dates from 1945. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 15.9, close to the 15.9 of the typical Gers town.

Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Serge Marsolan
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1759
Louis Germain Duplan
Youngest
1945
Serge Marsolan
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Samatan

Two of the three are leaders.

SM#1
Sports

Serge Marsolan

born 1945

French rugby league player (1945-)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AG#2
Politics & Law

André Guerlin

1911–1998

French politician (1911-1998)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
LD#3
Politics & Law

Louis Germain Duplan

born 1759

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Samatan’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1940s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th century17501800185019001950Yves DuffautLouis Germain Duplan
SportsPolitics & Law

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

Known for

What Samatan is known for

Athletes are the most numerous, 2 of them.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Samatan

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The fullest list close by belongs to Gimont, with 7.

Questions about famous people from Samatan

Who is the most famous person from Samatan?

Serge Marsolan (French rugby league player (1945-)) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come André Guerlin and Louis Germain Duplan.

How many famous people were born in Samatan?

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

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Samatan?

Louis Germain Duplan, born in 1759. The youngest on the list was born in 1945.

Who counts as from Samatan?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Samatan 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.