RJ#1
Sports
René Jean
1931–2024France international rugby league player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Vedène, Vaucluse
2 famous people were born in Vedène
Articles in 2 languages make the france international rugby league player René Jean the best known. One more name completes the list: Roger Rey. For more famous names, Avignon is 5 mi away: its list has 276, led by Mireille Mathieu. René Jean was born in 1931.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
René Jean
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1931
René Jean
Youngest
1931
Roger Rey
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Vedène
RR#2
Sports
Roger Rey
1931–2022French rugby league footballer (born 1931
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, Avignon counts 276 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Avignon · 5 miMireille Mathieu & 275 more
Sorgues · 3 miPaul Pons & 5 more
Monteux · 6 miBenoni-Auran & 4 moreJBBédarrides · 5 miJacques Bérard & 2 moreMFEntraigues-sur-la-Sorgue · 2 miMarius Frattini & 1 moreRCSaint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon · 2 miRené Clareton
Morières-lès-Avignon · 2 miAgricol PerdiguierMCLe Pontet · 2 miMaurice ChalleQuestions about famous people from Vedène
Who is the most famous person from Vedène?
René Jean (France international rugby league player) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Roger Rey.
How many famous people were born in Vedène?
2 people born in Vedène have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Vedène known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vedène?
René Jean, born in 1931. The youngest on the list was born in 1931.
Who counts as from Vedène?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vedène 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 (4)
- Mireille Mathieu: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Pons: Waléry Paris, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Benoni-Auran: Mababole, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Agricol Perdiguier: Inconnu XIXe siècle, 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.