No famous person born in Pégairolles-de-Buèges is listed yet
Of its neighbours, Ganges, 11 mi away, lists the most: 15, Jules Émile Planchon first. The longest list in Hérault is Montpellier’s, with 604 names. Béziers has the second-longest list in Hérault, after Montpellier, with 221. Across Hérault, 124 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pégairolles-de-Buèges (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 Pégairolles-de-Buèges yet.
Famous people born near Pégairolles-de-Buèges
Ganges has the longest list next door: 15.
Questions about famous people from Pégairolles-de-Buèges
Who counts as from Pégairolles-de-Buèges?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pégairolles-de-Buèges 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)
- Jules Émile Planchon: Harvey Kneeslapper, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Marie Claparède: François le Villain, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Boussinesq: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Thérond: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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