#1Famous people · Magalas, Hérault
Jacky Vergnes tops a list of 6 famous people born in Magalas
At the top of the list is the French footballer Jacky Vergnes, covered in 13 languages. For every 10,000 residents there are 16.8 on the list, well above the typical Hérault town’s 1.7. Jacky Vergnes, born in 1948, is the youngest, and Raoul Streiff, born in 1909, the first on record. 3 of them are athletes, more than in any other field.
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jacky Vergnes
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1909
Raoul Streiff
Youngest
1948
Jacky Vergnes
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known
Born in Magalas
Jacky Vergnes, Roger Barthe and Raoul Streiff are written about in 13, 5 and 2 languages.
#1RB#2
Science & Medicine
Roger Barthe
1911–1981French linguist, essayist and occitanist
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
RS#3
Politics & Law
Raoul Streiff
1909–1980French politician
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years
When Magalas’ famous people were born
No decade has more births than the 1910s, at 2.
SportsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Magalas is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Magalas
3 more, from 1912 to 1936.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Béziers’, with 221.
Béziers · 9 miRichard Gasquet & 220 moreMSPézenas · 10 miMassimiliano Spinola & 26 moreDCCaux · 8 miDom Bédos de Celles & 4 more
Cazouls-lès-Béziers · 8 miAmédée Borrel & 3 moreRMServian · 5 miRobert Monclar & 1 moreHMMontblanc · 9 miHenri Massal & 1 moreCGThézan-lès-Béziers · 5 miCharles GriffeCVBoujan-sur-Libron · 7 miCharles VidalQuestions about famous people from Magalas
Who is the most famous person from Magalas?
Jacky Vergnes (French footballer) is the best known by our measure: 13 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Roger Barthe and Raoul Streiff.
How many famous people were born in Magalas?
6 people born in Magalas have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Magalas known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 6. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Magalas?
Raoul Streiff, born in 1909. The youngest on the list was born in 1948.
Who counts as from Magalas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Magalas 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)
- Jacky Vergnes: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Bosc: Le Miroir des Sports, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard Gasquet: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amédée Borrel: 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.