No famous person yet from Verlans
René Thom heads the list in Montbéliard, 5 mi away, which has 83 names. The longest list of any town in Haute-Saône belongs to Vesoul, with 86. After Vesoul, the next longest list in Haute-Saône is Gray’s, with 40. The Haute-Saône lists hold names for 88 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Verlans (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 Verlans yet.
Famous people born near Verlans
The neighbour with the most names is Montbéliard, at 83.
Montbéliard · 5 miRené Thom & 82 more
Héricourt · 2 miJean-Luc Lagarce & 20 moreJVGrand-Charmont · 5 miJean Vernier & 1 moreMJSochaux · 6 miMichel Jacques & 1 morePPEssert · 7 miPierre Joseph Petit & 1 more
Bavilliers · 7 miJean-Michel Villaumé & 1 more
Exincourt · 7 miJacques Fatton & 1 moreNZBethoncourt · 5 miNora ZaïdiQuestions about famous people from Verlans
Who counts as from Verlans?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Verlans 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?
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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)
- René Thom: Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Luc Lagarce: Babelio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Michel Villaumé: Benjetpascal, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Fatton: Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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