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Famous people · Audenge, Gironde

The 4 famous people born in Audenge, led by Mathias Le Turnier

Mathias Le Turnier, the French road cyclist, is the most widely known, written about in 12 languages. The next two names are André Labat and Raymond Brun. The list runs from Jacques Duvigneau, born in 1833, to Mathias Le Turnier, born in 1995. Only 24 of the 155 towns in Gironde with anyone on record list more.

#1 best knownMathias Le TurnierSports · born 1995
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Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Mathias Le Turnier
12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1833
Jacques Duvigneau
Youngest
1995
Mathias Le Turnier
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Audenge

Counted by languages, Mathias Le Turnier is ahead of André Labat and Raymond Brun: 12, 4 and 2.

Mathias Le Turnier#1
Sports

Mathias Le Turnier

born 1995

French road cyclist

12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
André Labat#2
Notable

André Labat

1889–1946

French athletics competitor (1889-1946)

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

Raymond Brun

1915–2006

French politician (1915–2006)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Audenge’s famous people were born

The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 1 births.

Revolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday1850190019502000Jacques DuvigneauRaymond BrunAndré LabatMathias Le Turnier
Politics & LawSportsNotable

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

Known for

What Audenge is known for

Politics & Law leads the fields, with 2 people.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Audenge

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

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

Questions about famous people from Audenge

Who is the most famous person from Audenge?

Mathias Le Turnier (French road cyclist) is the best known by our measure: 12 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come André Labat and Raymond Brun.

How many famous people were born in Audenge?

4 people born in Audenge have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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 Audenge known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Audenge?

Jacques Duvigneau, born in 1833. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.

Who counts as from Audenge?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Audenge 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 (7)

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.