No one from Grézillac is on the famous people list yet
Libourne, 7 mi off, can claim 75 famous people, the best known Eugène Atget. 155 towns in Gironde have at least one famous person on record. No town in Gironde lists more than Bordeaux, with 1,067. After Bordeaux, the next longest list in Gironde is Talence’s, with 88.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Grézillac (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Grézillac as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Grézillac
Libourne leads the towns around it, with 75 names.
Libourne · 7 miEugène Atget & 74 more
Créon · 7 miNicolas Thierry & 1 more
Castillon-la-Bataille · 9 miAntoine Védrenne & 1 moreÉVSaint-Quentin-de-Baron · 4 miÉric Vermeulen
Vayres · 8 miJean-Raoul PaulJDBeychac-et-Caillau · 9 miJacques Paul Fronton Duplantier
Izon · 10 miLéo DrouynJMSaint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac · 10 miJean-Yves ManoQuestions about famous people from Grézillac
Who counts as from Grézillac?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Grézillac 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
- Nicolas Thierry: Greenbox, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Védrenne: La Vie au grand air, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Raoul Paul: Serge Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Léo Drouyn: Léo Drouyn, 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.