Josse has no famous person on record yet
The nearest list is in Dax, 10 mi away: 114 names, starting with Jean-Charles de Borda. Across Landes, 92 towns list someone born there. Dax’s 114 names make the longest list in Landes. After Dax, the next longest list in Landes is Mont-de-Marsan’s, with 97.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Josse (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 Josse yet.
Famous people born near Josse
Close by, the fullest list is Dax’s, at 114 names.
Peyrehorade · 9 miGeneviève Darrieussecq & 6 more
Capbreton · 10 miJean-Pierre Dufau & 4 moreHJSaint-Paul-lès-Dax · 10 miHenriette Jelinek & 3 more
Saint-Geours-de-Maremne · 3 miGuy Lapébie & 1 moreLJSaint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse · 4 miLouis Junquas & 1 moreJPBénesse-Maremne · 7 miJosé PierreQuestions about famous people from Josse
Who counts as from Josse?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Josse 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)
- Geneviève Darrieussecq: Jérémy Barande, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Pierre Dufau: Ahatettikia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Lapébie: Unknown Unknown (Keystone France), 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.