Banos has no famous person on record yet
For more famous names, Saint-Sever is 3 mi away: its list has 21, led by Jean Maximilien Lamarque. Across Landes, 92 towns list someone born there. No town in Landes lists more than Dax, with 114. Mont-de-Marsan has the second-longest list in Landes, after Dax, with 97.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Banos (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 Banos yet.
Famous people born near Banos
Nearby, Saint-Sever has the most on record, with 21.
Questions about famous people from Banos
Who counts as from Banos?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Banos 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 (3)
- Jean Maximilien Lamarque: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Lefebvre: Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Gabriel Biessy: Marie-Gabriel Biessy, 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.