Photo: Esby · CC BY-SA 3.0No one from La Garde is on the famous people list yet
Jacques Le Goff heads the list in Toulon, 4 mi away, which has 434 names. The longest list of any town in Var belongs to Toulon, with 434. After Toulon, the next longest list in Var is Hyères’, with 58. 71 towns across Var can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Garde (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm La Garde as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near La Garde
Of the towns around it, Toulon has the most on record: 434.
Solliès-Pont · 5 miAntoine Groignard & 4 more
La Valette-du-Var · 1 miFrançois Arnal & 1 more
La Crau · 4 miSerge Quadruppani & 1 moreEPSolliès-Toucas · 6 miEugène Pujarniscle & 1 moreSPLa Farlède · 3 miStéphanie Pillonca-KervernQuestions about famous people from La Garde
Who counts as from La Garde?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Garde 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)
- Antoine Groignard: Photograph by Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Arnal: Pantalaskas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Serge Quadruppani: Maurizia Bal Diph, 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.