RS#1
Sports
Robert Soro
1922–2013Rugby union player (1922-2013)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Sotos · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Odos, Hautes-Pyrénées
2 famous people were born in Odos
Articles in 3 languages make the rugby union player Robert Soro the best known. The other is Léon Bordenave, the rugby union player. Within 3 mi, Tarbes lists the most: 158, with Théophile Gautier first. Fewer than a quarter of the 75 towns in Hautes-Pyrénées with famous people list more.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Robert Soro
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1920
Léon Bordenave
Youngest
1922
Robert Soro
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Odos
LB#2
Sports
Léon Bordenave
1920–2002Rugby union player (1920-2002)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Tarbes has the most people on record, 158 of them.
Tarbes · 3 miThéophile Gautier & 157 more
Lourdes · 8 miBernadette Soubirous & 42 more
Bagnères-de-Bigorre · 10 miAlan Brooke & 26 moreCLPontacq · 9 miClaude Lacaze & 13 moreARSéméac · 3 miAndré Ruiz & 3 more
Juillan · 2 miDenis Jourdanet & 1 more
Ibos · 4 miRoland Bertranne & 1 morePGAureilhan · 4 miPierre Guichot & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Odos
Who is the most famous person from Odos?
Robert Soro (Rugby union player (1922-2013)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Léon Bordenave.
How many famous people were born in Odos?
2 people born in Odos have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Odos known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Odos?
Léon Bordenave, born in 1920. The youngest on the list was born in 1922.
Who counts as from Odos?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Odos 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.