#1Film, TV & Stage
Madame Saqui
1786–1866French tightrope walker (1786–1866)
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Famous people · Agde, Hérault
Soldiers and sailors stand out among the 18 famous people born in Agde
Madame Saqui, the French tightrope walker, is the most widely known, written about in 10 languages. The largest group, 6, was born between 1914 and 1969. Only 5 of the 124 towns in Hérault with anyone on record list more. The list comes to 6 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.7 in the typical town in Hérault.
Born here
18
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Madame Saqui
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1598
Claude Terrisse
Youngest
1969
Frédéric Rémola
Most common field
Sports
6 people
What stands out about Agde’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Agde is known for
Soldiers and sailors stand out most, at 5.4 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Agde
By how many languages cover them, Madame Saqui comes first (10), then Louis Charles Armand Fouquet de Belle-Isle (8) and Gilles d'Ettore (4).
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Military
Louis Charles Armand Fouquet de Belle-Isle
1693–1747French general and diplomat
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#3Politics & Law
Gilles d'Ettore
born 1968French politician
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Through the years
When Agde’s famous people were born
The 1960s saw the most births of any decade: 4.
SportsMilitaryPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & Stage
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Agde
15 more, from 1598 to 1969.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns around it, Mèze has the most on record: 9.
Mèze · 11 miAndré Miquel & 8 moreJBFlorensac · 6 miJoseph Bonnel & 6 more
Marseillan · 4 miPierre Auguste Roques & 5 more
Villeneuve-lès-Béziers · 10 miJean Laurès & 4 moreJHSérignan · 10 miJean Baptiste Henric dit Henry & 2 moreJFVias · 3 miJeanne Flourens & 1 moreMTSaint-Thibéry · 7 miMonique Thierry & 1 moreHMMontblanc · 9 miHenri Massal & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Agde
Who is the most famous person from Agde?
Madame Saqui (French tightrope walker (1786–1866)) is the best known by our measure: 10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Louis Charles Armand Fouquet de Belle-Isle and Gilles d'Ettore.
How many famous people were born in Agde?
18 people born in Agde have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 26 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Agde known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 6 of the 18. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Agde?
Claude Terrisse, born in 1598. The youngest on the list was born in 1969.
Who counts as from Agde?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Agde 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 (11)
- Madame Saqui: Huster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilles d'Ettore: Anthony Levrot, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Félix: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Terrisse: Spedona, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Simone Jouglas: Luca Giovanni Bertini, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilaire Benoît Reynaud: Charles Matet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Yves Noé: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claude Choletton: Ecole de Saint-Cyr Coetquidan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Miquel: Rani777, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Auguste Roques: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Laurès: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.