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Bras du Tambour (rivière) dans la boucle de Desbordes (Petit-Bourg)Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people · Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe

Petit-Bourg is the birthplace of 2 famous people

The best known is the French association football player Robert Jacques, with articles in 4 languages. The other is Dominique Larifla, the guadeloupean politician. The oldest name on the list belongs to Dominique Larifla, born in 1936, the newest to Robert Jacques, born in 1957. Saint-John Perse heads the list in Pointe-à-Pitre, 5 mi away, which has 136 names.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Robert Jacques
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1936
Dominique Larifla
Youngest
1957
Robert Jacques
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Petit-Bourg

RJ#1
Sports

Robert Jacques

born 1957

French association football player

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
DL#2
Politics & Law

Dominique Larifla

born 1936

Guadeloupean politician

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for

What Petit-Bourg is known for

The largest field is Sports, with 1 people.

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

7 towns around it have someone on record.

Questions about famous people from Petit-Bourg

Who is the most famous person from Petit-Bourg?

Robert Jacques (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Dominique Larifla.

How many famous people were born in Petit-Bourg?

2 people born in Petit-Bourg have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 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 Petit-Bourg known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Petit-Bourg?

Dominique Larifla, born in 1936. The youngest on the list was born in 1957.

Who counts as from Petit-Bourg?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Petit-Bourg 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 (4)

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.