No one from Escaunets is on the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, Tarbes, 11 mi away, lists the most: 158, Théophile Gautier first. No town in Hautes-Pyrénées lists more than Tarbes, with 158. After Tarbes, the next longest list in Hautes-Pyrénées is Lourdes’, with 43. Across Hautes-Pyrénées, the lists cover 75 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Escaunets (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 Escaunets yet.
Famous people born near Escaunets
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Tarbes · 11 miThéophile Gautier & 157 moreCLPontacq · 11 miClaude Lacaze & 13 moreJDVic-en-Bigorre · 7 miJean Dupuy & 11 more
Morlaàs · 9 miAntoine de Salinis & 2 more
Ibos · 9 miRoland Bertranne & 1 morePGAureilhan · 11 miPierre Guichot & 1 more
Juillan · 11 miDenis Jourdanet & 1 moreCPBordères-sur-l'Échez · 9 miChristian PaulQuestions about famous people from Escaunets
Who counts as from Escaunets?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Escaunets 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
- Antoine de Salinis: Alphonse Baril, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roland Bertranne: Panini, 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
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.