Jean-Claude Chamboredon
1938–2020French sociologist (1938–2020)
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Édouard Baldus · CC0Most widely known is Jean-Claude Chamboredon, the French sociologist, with articles in 6 languages. Alain Terrane is second and Joseph Ravaisou third. Born in 1865, Joseph Ravaisou is the first name on record, and Jean-Claude Chamboredon, born in 1938, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents there are 4.8 on the list, well above the typical Var town’s 1.
First, Jean-Claude Chamboredon (6 languages), then Alain Terrane (3) and Joseph Ravaisou (3).
French sociologist (1938–2020)
French actor (1923-2000)
French painter (1865-1925)
The 1920s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
2 of them work in Writing & Arts, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
1 more, best known first.
No one matches both filters.
The longest list nearby is Toulon’s, with 434.
Ollioules · 6 miJosuha Guilavogui & 22 more
Sanary-sur-Mer · 3 miStéphane Dumas & 3 moreHSSix-Fours-les-Plages · 5 miHélène Ségara & 3 more
Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer · 3 miJosette Pons & 1 more
La Cadière-d'Azur · 4 miAuguste CharloisJean-Claude Chamboredon (French sociologist (1938–2020)) is the best known by our measure: 6 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alain Terrane and Joseph Ravaisou.
4 people born in Bandol have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Joseph Ravaisou, born in 1865. The youngest on the list was born in 1938.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bandol 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.
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).
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.