CM#1
Sports
Christian Montes
born 1942French association football player
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Rauzan, Gironde
2 famous people call Rauzan their birthplace
Christian Montes, the French association football player, is the most widely known, written about in 4 languages. The only other name is the French bicycle racer Lucas Destang. For more famous names, Libourne is 11 mi away: its list has 75, led by Eugène Atget. From Christian Montes to Lucas Destang, the births on the list run from 1942 to 1995.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Christian Montes
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1942
Christian Montes
Youngest
1995
Lucas Destang
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Rauzan
LD#2
Sports
Lucas Destang
born 1995French bicycle racer
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Of the towns nearby, 4 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Rauzan
Who is the most famous person from Rauzan?
Christian Montes (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Lucas Destang.
How many famous people were born in Rauzan?
2 people born in Rauzan have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Rauzan known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rauzan?
Christian Montes, born in 1942. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Rauzan?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rauzan 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)
- Eugène Atget: Unidentified photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Védrenne: La Vie au grand air, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nicolas Thierry: Greenbox, 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.