Famous people from Le Perthus
Martin Fourcade heads the list in Céret, 6 mi away, which has 28 names. Not one famous person on record comes from Le Perthus yet. No town in Pyrénées-Orientales lists more than Perpignan, with 297. In all of Pyrénées-Orientales, the famous people on record come from 81 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Perthus (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Le Perthus as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Le Perthus
The longest list nearby is Céret’s, with 28.
Elne · 11 miJoseph Crespo & 7 more
Bages · 10 miJean-Pierre Serre & 3 more
Argelès-sur-Mer · 10 miAlain Escalle & 3 more
Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda · 10 miPierre Restany & 1 moreJLPonteilla · 11 miJoseph de Lacroix & 1 moreJCLe Boulou · 4 miJoseph ChambonFGSorède · 7 miFrançois GastuQuestions about famous people from Le Perthus
Who counts as from Le Perthus?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Perthus 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)
- Joseph Crespo: Inconnu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Pierre Serre: Jean-Pierre_Serre.jpg : Renate Schmid derivative work: César, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Escalle: Hevariste, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Restany: Erling Mandelmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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