Photo: SombreSanglier · CC BY-SA 3.0No one from Forcalqueiret is on the famous people list yet
A short trip away, Brignoles (5 mi) counts 34 famous people, Jean-Baptiste Maunier among them. In Var, 71 towns have someone on the list. Toulon has the most of any town in Var: 434. After Toulon, the next longest list in Var is Hyères’, with 58.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Forcalqueiret (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 Forcalqueiret yet.
Famous people born near Forcalqueiret
The neighbour with the most names is Brignoles, at 34.
Pignans · 8 miHubert Falco & 4 moreLJLa Roquebrussanne · 5 miLouis-François Jauffret & 2 moreRBCarnoules · 6 miRobert Blanc & 2 more
Cuers · 7 miGustave Meyrier & 2 more
Besse-sur-Issole · 5 miVictor Quintius ThouronLDFlassans-sur-Issole · 7 miLoup DurandQuestions about famous people from Forcalqueiret
Who counts as from Forcalqueiret?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Forcalqueiret 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)
- Hubert Falco: Hortense Hébrard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Meyrier: Dalcassien, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Quintius Thouron: Bvanier, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.