Photo: Efbé · CC BY-SA 3.0No famous person from La Croix-Valmer yet, but Gassin next door has 16
The longest list of any town in Var belongs to Toulon, with 434. Hyères has the second-longest list in Var, after Toulon, with 58. In all of Var, the famous people on record come from 71 towns. The best known born in Gassin is Emmanuelle Béart.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Croix-Valmer (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 La Croix-Valmer yet.
Famous people born near La Croix-Valmer
The fullest list close by belongs to Gassin, with 16.
Questions about famous people from La Croix-Valmer
Who counts as from La Croix-Valmer?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Croix-Valmer 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 (2)
- Emmanuelle Béart: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Aubour: Panini, 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.