Bartrès has yet to put a famous person on the list
Just 10 mi away, Tarbes’ list holds 158 names, Théophile Gautier the best known. 75 of the towns in Hautes-Pyrénées list at least one person. No town in Hautes-Pyrénées lists more than Tarbes, with 158. Lourdes has the second-longest list in Hautes-Pyrénées, after Tarbes, with 43.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bartrès (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 Bartrès yet.
Famous people born near Bartrès
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Tarbes · 10 miThéophile Gautier & 157 more
Lourdes · 2 miBernadette Soubirous & 42 more
Bagnères-de-Bigorre · 11 miAlan Brooke & 26 moreCLPontacq · 5 miClaude Lacaze & 13 moreCDArgelès-Gazost · 8 miClément Dupont & 7 moreARSéméac · 11 miAndré Ruiz & 3 more
Juillan · 6 miDenis Jourdanet & 1 moreRSOdos · 7 miRobert Soro & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Bartrès
Who counts as from Bartrès?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bartrès 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)
- 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
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