No famous person yet from Bagnols
L'Arbresle, 5 mi off, can claim 13 famous people, the best known Rémi Garde. The longest list of any town in Rhône belongs to Lyon, with 928. After Lyon, the next longest list in Rhône is Villefranche-sur-Saône’s, with 68. The Rhône lists hold names for 126 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bagnols (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 Bagnols yet.
Famous people born near Bagnols
The neighbour with the most names is L'Arbresle, at 13.
L'Arbresle · 5 miRémi Garde & 12 more
Gleizé · 7 miRudy Molard & 8 moreEBAnse · 5 miEugène Bussy & 3 more
Val d'Oingt · 2 miJoannès Dupraz & 1 more
Sain-Bel · 7 miJean Balmino & 1 more
Porte des Pierres Dorées · 4 miLouis GreppoJMChazay-d'Azergues · 5 miJean-Loup MettonAEVindry-sur-Turdine · 6 miAlcide EbrayQuestions about famous people from Bagnols
Who counts as from Bagnols?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bagnols 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 (5)
- Rémi Garde: cropped by Shory (extracted from Jejecam 's image), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rudy Molard: FGphotographic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joannès Dupraz: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Balmino: Serbus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Greppo: Nadar, 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.