Photo: Vi..Cult... · CC BY-SA 3.0Velleron has no famous person on record yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Carpentras, 7 mi away: 57, led by Édouard Daladier. 74 towns in Vaucluse have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in Vaucluse belongs to Avignon, with 276.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Velleron (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Velleron yet.
Famous people born near Velleron
Carpentras leads the towns around it, with 57 names.
Carpentras · 7 miÉdouard Daladier & 56 more
L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue · 3 miRené Char & 11 more
Pernes-les-Fontaines · 3 miJean Ragnotti & 5 more
Monteux · 5 miBenoni-Auran & 4 moreMFEntraigues-sur-la-Sorgue · 6 miMarius Frattini & 1 moreRJVedène · 6 miRené Jean & 1 more
Châteauneuf-de-Gadagne · 5 miAlphonse TavanRCSaint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon · 5 miRené ClaretonQuestions about famous people from Velleron
Who counts as from Velleron?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Velleron 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)
- Édouard Daladier: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Char: Habitant de Céreste anonyme 1941, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Ragnotti: Aurélien Vialatte, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benoni-Auran: Mababole, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alphonse Tavan: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.