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Famous people · Gonfaron, Var

Gonfaron has just one famous person to its name: Patrick Bruzzichessi

The French association football player Patrick Bruzzichessi was born in 1960. That places their birth between 1914 and 1969. Readers can find them written up in one language. Hubert Falco heads the list in Pignans, 3 mi away, which has 5 names.

Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Patrick Bruzzichessi
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1960
Patrick Bruzzichessi
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known

Born in Gonfaron

PB#1
Sports

Patrick Bruzzichessi

born 1960

French association football player

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns around it, Pignans has the most on record: 5.

Questions about famous people from Gonfaron

Who is the most famous person from Gonfaron?

Patrick Bruzzichessi (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Gonfaron?

1 people born in Gonfaron have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Gonfaron known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who counts as from Gonfaron?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Gonfaron 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).

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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.