Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.0Gigean has no famous person on record yet
Émile Blavet heads the list in Cournonterral, 4 mi away, which has 6 names. The Hérault lists hold names for 124 towns. 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.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Gigean (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 Gigean yet.
Famous people born near Gigean
Cournonterral has the longest list next door: 6.
Questions about famous people from Gigean
Who counts as from Gigean?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gigean 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)
- Émile Blavet: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Alès: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Siméon Flaissières: Eugène Pirou, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Régis Durand: 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.