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Famous people · Bollène, Vaucluse

Bollène’s famous people span 234 years: 9 births from 1715 to 1949

Articles in 5 languages make the French businessman Georges Plassat the best known. Marie Louis Henry de Granet-Lacroix de Chabrières and François Chaslin follow. Between the Revolution and the Second Empire, 4 were born, the most of any period. The list comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 residents, against 3.8 in the typical town in Vaucluse.

#3 best knownFrançois ChaslinWriting & Arts · 1948–2025
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Born here
9
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Georges Plassat
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1715
Louis François de Faucher
Youngest
1949
Georges Plassat
Most common field
Military
3 people
The best known

Born in Bollène

Georges Plassat, Marie Louis Henry de Granet-Lacroix de Chabrières and François Chaslin are written about in 5, 4 and 3 languages.

GP#1
Business

Georges Plassat

born 1949

French businessman

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MC#2
Military

Marie Louis Henry de Granet-Lacroix de Chabrières

1807–1859

French colonel (1807–1859)

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
François Chaslin#3
Writing & Arts

François Chaslin

1948–2025

French architect, radio producer and journalist

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Bollène’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1940s, at 2.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th century170017501800185019001950Victorien BastetJean-François DoursGeorges PlassatMarie Louis Henry de Granet-Lacroix de Chabrières
MilitaryWriting & ArtsBusinessScience & MedicinePolitics & LawNotable

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

Known for

What Bollène is known for

Set against the usual town, soldiers and sailors come out 8.1 times as common.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Bollène

The rest number 6, with 2 soldiers and sailors among them.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Pont-Saint-Esprit’s, at 20 names.

Questions about famous people from Bollène

Who is the most famous person from Bollène?

Georges Plassat (French businessman) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Marie Louis Henry de Granet-Lacroix de Chabrières and François Chaslin.

How many famous people were born in Bollène?

9 people born in Bollène have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 11 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 Bollène known for?

Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 3 of the 9. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bollène?

Louis François de Faucher, born in 1715. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.

Who counts as from Bollène?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bollène 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 (8)

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.