No famous person yet from Gourgeon
For more famous names, Port-sur-Saône is 9 mi away: its list has 3, led by Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy. The longest list of any town in Haute-Saône belongs to Vesoul, with 86. Gray has the second-longest list in Haute-Saône, after Vesoul, with 40. 88 towns across Haute-Saône can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Gourgeon (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 Gourgeon yet.
Famous people born near Gourgeon
The most names next door are in Port-sur-Saône: 3.
Questions about famous people from Gourgeon
Who counts as from Gourgeon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gourgeon 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 (1)
- Jean-Xavier Bureau de Pusy: Charles Toussaint Labadye, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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