No one from Espondeilhan is on the famous people list yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Béziers, 7 mi away: 221, led by Richard Gasquet. The longest list of any town in Hérault belongs to Montpellier, with 604. In Hérault, 124 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Espondeilhan (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 Espondeilhan yet.
Famous people born near Espondeilhan
Close by, Béziers counts 221 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Béziers · 7 miRichard Gasquet & 220 moreMSPézenas · 8 miMassimiliano Spinola & 26 more
Magalas · 3 miJacky Vergnes & 5 moreDCCaux · 7 miDom Bédos de Celles & 4 moreRMServian · 2 miRobert Monclar & 1 moreHMMontblanc · 6 miHenri Massal & 1 moreMTSaint-Thibéry · 8 miMonique Thierry & 1 moreCVBoujan-sur-Libron · 5 miCharles VidalQuestions about famous people from Espondeilhan
Who counts as from Espondeilhan?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Espondeilhan 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)
- Richard Gasquet: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacky Vergnes: 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.