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Famous people · Saint-André-de-Seignanx, Landes

2 famous people call Saint-André-de-Seignanx their birthplace

The best known is the French rugby union player Jean Condom, with articles in 6 languages. The other is Léopold Bellocq, the French politician. From Léopold Bellocq in 1880 to Jean Condom in 1960, the births cover 80 years. The neighbour with the longest list is Bayonne, 7 mi away: 261, led by Didier Deschamps.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean Condom
6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1880
Léopold Bellocq
Youngest
1960
Jean Condom
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Saint-André-de-Seignanx

JC#1
Sports

Jean Condom

born 1960

French rugby union player

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
LB#2
Politics & Law

Léopold Bellocq

1880–1968

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Saint-André-de-Seignanx is known for

The field with the most names is Sports: 1.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The most names next door are in Bayonne: 261.

Questions about famous people from Saint-André-de-Seignanx

Who is the most famous person from Saint-André-de-Seignanx?

Jean Condom (French rugby union player) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Léopold Bellocq.

How many famous people were born in Saint-André-de-Seignanx?

2 people born in Saint-André-de-Seignanx have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Saint-André-de-Seignanx known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-André-de-Seignanx?

Léopold Bellocq, born in 1880. The youngest on the list was born in 1960.

Who counts as from Saint-André-de-Seignanx?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-André-de-Seignanx 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)

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.