Photo: Marcel Delboy · Public domainNo famous person yet from Galgon
Libourne, 5 mi off, can claim 75 famous people, the best known Eugène Atget. The longest list in Gironde is Bordeaux’s, with 1,067 names. After Bordeaux, the next longest list in Gironde is Talence’s, with 88. In Gironde, 155 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Galgon (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 Galgon yet.
Famous people born near Galgon
Around it, Libourne has the most people on record, 75 of them.
Libourne · 5 miEugène Atget & 74 moreJCSaint-André-de-Cubzac · 8 miJacques-Yves Cousteau & 4 more
Coutras · 8 miFrançois Vidal & 3 moreRCVal de Virvée · 6 miRené Cassagne & 1 more
Saint-Loubès · 9 miMaurice Leuvielle & 1 more
Izon · 6 miLéo Drouyn
Vayres · 7 miJean-Raoul PaulJMSaint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac · 8 miJean-Yves ManoQuestions about famous people from Galgon
Who counts as from Galgon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Galgon 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 (5)
- Eugène Atget: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- François Vidal: Maison Basset, Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Leuvielle: La Vie au grand air, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Léo Drouyn: Léo Drouyn, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Raoul Paul: Serge Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.