Next door to Goult, Apt lists 26 famous people
74 of the towns in Vaucluse list at least one person. No entry yet names Goult as a birthplace. Avignon’s 276 names make the longest list in Vaucluse. After Avignon, the next longest list in Vaucluse is Carpentras’, with 57.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Goult (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Goult as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Goult
Apt leads the towns around it, with 26 names.
Apt · 7 miMichaël Guigou & 25 more
Cavaillon · 10 miJordan Ferri & 24 more
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue · 10 miRené Char & 11 more
Robion · 7 miXavier de Fourvières & 4 more
Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt · 7 miMichel Field & 2 moreJFCharleval · 10 miJules Fesquet & 2 moreGVCheval-Blanc · 10 miGaston ViensJBMallemort · 10 miJean BoutièreQuestions about famous people from Goult
Who counts as from Goult?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Goult 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 (5)
- Michaël Guigou: Steindy 17:46, 17 March 2010 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Ferri: MHSC TV - Montpellier Hérault Sport Club, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Char: Habitant de Céreste anonyme 1941, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Xavier de Fourvières: Gaston Jourdanne, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Field: Marc V.J. Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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