Next door to Barry, Tarbes lists 158 famous people
So far, no famous person on record was born in Barry. Famous people are on record for 75 of the towns in Hautes-Pyrénées. Tarbes has the most of any town in Hautes-Pyrénées: 158. After Tarbes, the next longest list in Hautes-Pyrénées is Lourdes’, with 43.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Barry (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 Barry yet.
Famous people born near Barry
The fullest list close by belongs to Tarbes, with 158.
Tarbes · 7 miThéophile Gautier & 157 more
Lourdes · 5 miBernadette Soubirous & 42 more
Bagnères-de-Bigorre · 8 miAlan Brooke & 26 moreCLPontacq · 8 miClaude Lacaze & 13 moreARSéméac · 7 miAndré Ruiz & 3 more
Juillan · 4 miDenis Jourdanet & 1 moreRSOdos · 4 miRobert Soro & 1 more
Ibos · 6 miRoland Bertranne & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Barry
Who counts as from Barry?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Barry 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)
- Théophile Gautier: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernadette Soubirous: abbé P. Bernadou, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alan Brooke: War Office official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Denis Jourdanet: Auvinet G., Briulet M (2004) in Gac Méd Méx Vol. 140 No. 4: 426-429, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roland Bertranne: Panini, 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.