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Famous people · Saint-Tropez, Var

13 famous people from Saint-Tropez, many of them athletes

Most widely known is Marcel Aubour, the French footballer, with articles in 20 languages. From Jean-Baptiste, Magloire, Michel Dubouchet in 1747 to Arthur Bauchet in 2000, the births cover 253 years. Between 1914 and 1969, 6 were born, the most of any period. Only 9 of the 71 towns in Var with anyone on record list more.

#1 best knownMarcel AubourSports · born 1940
+9more
Born here
13
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Marcel Aubour
20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1747
Jean-Baptiste, Magloire, Michel Dubouchet
Youngest
2000
Arthur Bauchet
Most common field
Sports
4 people

What stands out about Saint-Tropez’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Saint-Tropez is known for

Athletes stand out most, at 1.6 times the usual share.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Through the years

When Saint-Tropez’s famous people were born

The 1950s saw the most births of any decade: 3.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday175018001850190019502000Aimé RossoJean-François AllardAxel JulienFrance Roche
SportsFilm, TV & StageMilitaryScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Saint-Tropez

Athletes take two of the three places.

Marcel Aubour#1
Sports

Marcel Aubour

born 1940

French footballer

20 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
France Roche#2
Film, TV & Stage

France Roche

1921–2013

French actress

12 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Arthur Bauchet#3
Sports

Arthur Bauchet

born 2000

French Para alpine skier (born 2000)

10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Saint-Tropez

10 more, 2 of them athletes.

Axel Julien

Axel Julien

born 1992

French basketball player (born 1992)

Jean-François Allard

Jean-François Allard

1785–1839

French soldier and adventurer (1785–1839)

AR

Aimé Rosso

born 1955

French association football player

Marius Bianchi

Marius Bianchi

1823–1904

French politician (1823–1904)

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
Patrick Michel

Patrick Michel

born 1970

French astrophyscist and planetary scientist

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
JD

Jean-Baptiste, Magloire, Michel Dubouchet

1747–1828

French soldier and politician (1747-1828)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns around it, Gassin has the most on record: 16.

Questions about famous people from Saint-Tropez

Who is the most famous person from Saint-Tropez?

Marcel Aubour (French footballer) is the best known by our measure: 20 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come France Roche and Arthur Bauchet.

How many famous people were born in Saint-Tropez?

13 people born in Saint-Tropez have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 21 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Saint-Tropez known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 4 of the 13. That is 31% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Saint-Tropez?

Jean-Baptiste, Magloire, Michel Dubouchet, born in 1747. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.

Who counts as from Saint-Tropez?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Tropez 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 (9)

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.