No one born in Algans has made the famous people list yet
A short trip away, Lavaur (8 mi) counts 23 famous people, Benjamin Thomas among them. Albi’s 130 names make the longest list in Tarn. After Albi, the next longest list in Tarn is Mazamet’s, with 31. 78 of the towns in Tarn list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Algans (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 Algans yet.
Famous people born near Algans
Of the towns nearby, Lavaur lists the most people: 23.
Questions about famous people from Algans
Who counts as from Algans?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Algans 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)
- Benjamin Thomas: Tim Rademacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Auriol: Abbie Rowe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Chrysostôme Calès: A.T-2014 and Jimmy44, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.