Photo: Olive34830 · CC BY 4.0No one born in Clapiers has made the famous people list yet
Just 3 mi away, Montpellier’s list holds 604 names, Auguste Comte the best known. The longest list of any town in Hérault belongs to Montpellier, with 604. After Montpellier, the next longest list in Hérault is Béziers’, with 221. In Hérault, 124 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Clapiers (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Clapiers as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Clapiers
The longest list nearby is Montpellier’s, with 604.
Questions about famous people from Clapiers
Who counts as from Clapiers?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Clapiers 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 (2)
- Auguste Comte: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Berthezène: scan made by arsène lapin, 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.