Photo: Fagairolles 34 · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people born near Portiragnes
Béziers, 7 mi off, can claim 221 famous people, the best known Richard Gasquet. No famous person on record lists Portiragnes as their birthplace yet. The longest list of any town in Hérault belongs to Montpellier, with 604. The Hérault lists hold names for 124 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Portiragnes (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Portiragnes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Portiragnes
Around it, Béziers has the most people on record, 221 of them.
Béziers · 7 miRichard Gasquet & 220 more
Agde · 7 miMadame Saqui & 17 more
Villeneuve-lès-Béziers · 3 miJean Laurès & 4 moreJHSérignan · 4 miJean Baptiste Henric dit Henry & 2 moreJFVias · 4 miJeanne Flourens & 1 more
Vendres · 6 miFélix Mouret & 1 moreHMMontblanc · 7 miHenri Massal & 1 moreCVBoujan-sur-Libron · 7 miCharles VidalQuestions about famous people from Portiragnes
Who counts as from Portiragnes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Portiragnes 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)
- Richard Gasquet: si.robi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madame Saqui: Huster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Laurès: Fagairolles 34, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Félix Mouret: Pipoulette 34, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.