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Pierre Lees-Melou
born 1993French footballer (born 1993)
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Langon, Gironde
10 famous people from Langon, many of them athletes
The best known is the French footballer Pierre Lees-Melou, with articles in 16 languages. Close behind are Thomas Boudat and Raymond Oliver. Most were born since 1970: 6 of them. Only 10 of the 155 towns in Gironde with anyone on record list more.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pierre Lees-Melou
16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1909
Raymond Oliver
Youngest
1994
Benjamin Sene
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Langon’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Langon is known for
Set against the usual town, athletes come out 3.2 times as common.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Langon’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1990s, with 3 people born in that decade.
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Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Langon
Two of the three are athletes.
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Everyone else born in Langon
Still to come: 7 more, from 1920 to 1994.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The neighbour with the most names is La Réole, at 9.
Questions about famous people from Langon
Who is the most famous person from Langon?
Pierre Lees-Melou (French footballer (born 1993)) is the best known by our measure: 16 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Thomas Boudat and Raymond Oliver.
How many famous people were born in Langon?
10 people born in Langon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 25 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 Langon known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 10. That is 60% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Langon?
Raymond Oliver, born in 1909. The youngest on the list was born in 1994.
Who counts as from Langon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Langon 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)
- Benjamin Sene: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Martine Faure: Jean Luc Boulin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marvin Musquin: Christopher Schmid, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fernand Lataste: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Baptiste Darlan: Atelier Nadar. Photographe, 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.