Claret has yet to put a famous person on the list
Just 11 mi away, Ganges’ list holds 15 names, Jules Émile Planchon the best known. The longest list in Hérault is Montpellier’s, with 604 names. Béziers has the second-longest list in Hérault, after Montpellier, with 221. 124 towns across Hérault can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Claret (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 Claret yet.
Famous people born near Claret
7 towns around it have someone on record.
Ganges · 11 miJules Émile Planchon & 14 moreERSommières · 11 miEugène Rouché & 11 morePBSaint-Hippolyte-du-Fort · 7 miPierre Billon & 7 more
Quissac · 6 miJacques Jac & 2 more
Saint-Martin-de-Londres · 10 miGustave Thérond & 1 moreGSSaint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers · 7 miGérard SaumadePCPrades-le-Lez · 12 miPaul CrouzetQuestions about famous people from Claret
Who counts as from Claret?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Claret 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 (3)
- Jules Émile Planchon: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Jac: Charles-François le Teillet, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Thérond: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.