#1Politics & Law
Nicolas Thierry
born 1975French politician
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Créon, Gironde
2 famous people were born in Créon
At the top of the list is the French politician Nicolas Thierry, covered in 3 languages. The list has one more: the French association football player Régis Castant. For more famous names, Latresne is 7 mi away: its list has 2, led by René Brunet. Only 33 of the 155 towns in Gironde with anyone on record list more.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Nicolas Thierry
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1973
Régis Castant
Youngest
1975
Nicolas Thierry
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Créon
#1RC#2
Sports
Régis Castant
born 1973French association football player
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for
What Créon is known for
The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 1.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The most names next door are in Latresne: 2.
Questions about famous people from Créon
Who is the most famous person from Créon?
Nicolas Thierry (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Régis Castant.
How many famous people were born in Créon?
2 people born in Créon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Créon known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Créon?
Régis Castant, born in 1973. The youngest on the list was born in 1975.
Who counts as from Créon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Créon 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 (2)
- Nicolas Thierry: Greenbox, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Brunet: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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