Photo: Archives départementales de l'Hérault (France) DAASI · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people near Colombiers: 221 in Béziers
No entry yet names Colombiers as a birthplace. Across Hérault, the lists cover 124 towns. The longest list in Hérault is Montpellier’s, with 604 names. The best known born in Béziers is Richard Gasquet.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Colombiers (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 Colombiers yet.
Famous people born near Colombiers
The fullest list close by belongs to Béziers, with 221.
Béziers · 5 miRichard Gasquet & 220 moreMDCapestang · 5 miMax Derruau & 3 more
Cazouls-lès-Béziers · 6 miAmédée Borrel & 3 more
Nissan-lez-Enserune · 2 miMarcel Delhommeau & 2 moreLRLespignan · 3 miLouis Ricardou & 1 more
Vendres · 6 miFélix Mouret & 1 moreODMontady · 2 miOswald DurandAMMaraussan · 4 miAlphonse MasQuestions about famous people from Colombiers
Who counts as from Colombiers?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Colombiers 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)
- Richard Gasquet: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amédée Borrel: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Delhommeau: Auteur inconnu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Félix Mouret: Pipoulette 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.