Photo: Elgaard · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person yet from Canéjan
Within 7 mi, Bordeaux lists the most: 1,067, with François Mauriac first. In Gironde, 155 towns have someone on the list. No town in Gironde lists more than Bordeaux, with 1,067. Talence has the second-longest list in Gironde, after Bordeaux, with 88.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Canéjan (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 Canéjan yet.
Famous people born near Canéjan
Nearby, Bordeaux has the most on record, with 1,067.
Bordeaux · 7 miFrançois Mauriac & 1,066 moreHMTalence · 4 miHenri de Laborde de Monpezat & 87 moreJEPessac · 3 miJean Eustache & 27 more
Bègles · 5 miJacques Dufilho & 19 moreJTVillenave-d'Ornon · 4 miJean-Pierre Torrell & 3 moreSBGradignan · 2 miStanislas Breton & 1 more
Mérignac · 5 miNicolas Canteloup & 1 moreJMCestas · 2 miJean MorinQuestions about famous people from Canéjan
Who counts as from Canéjan?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Canéjan 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)
- François Mauriac: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Dufilho: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Canteloup: Julien Morvan, 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.