Photo: voyages provence · CC BY 2.0Famous people near Lignan-sur-Orb: 221 in Béziers
No famous person on record lists Lignan-sur-Orb as their birthplace yet. In Hérault, 124 towns have someone on the list. The longest list of any town in Hérault belongs to Montpellier, with 604. Béziers’ list is led by Richard Gasquet.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Lignan-sur-Orb (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 Lignan-sur-Orb yet.
Famous people born near Lignan-sur-Orb
Around it, Béziers has the most people on record, 221 of them.
Béziers · 4 miRichard Gasquet & 220 more
Magalas · 7 miJacky Vergnes & 5 moreAHPuisserguier · 7 miAndré Herrero & 4 more
Villeneuve-lès-Béziers · 7 miJean Laurès & 4 more
Cazouls-lès-Béziers · 4 miAmédée Borrel & 3 more
Nissan-lez-Enserune · 7 miMarcel Delhommeau & 2 moreAMMaraussan · 1 miAlphonse MasCGThézan-lès-Béziers · 2 miCharles GriffeQuestions about famous people from Lignan-sur-Orb
Who counts as from Lignan-sur-Orb?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lignan-sur-Orb 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 (5)
- Richard Gasquet: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacky Vergnes: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Laurès: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amédée Borrel: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Delhommeau: Auteur inconnu, 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.