Visan has no famous person on record yet
Valréas, 5 mi off, can claim 17 famous people, the best known Jean-Sifrein Maury. Across Vaucluse, 74 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Vaucluse belongs to Avignon, with 276. After Avignon, the next longest list in Vaucluse is Carpentras’, with 57.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Visan (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 Visan as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Visan
Of the towns nearby, 8 have famous names listed.
Valréas · 5 miJean-Sifrein Maury & 16 moreGPBollène · 10 miGeorges Plassat & 8 more
Nyons · 10 miRené Barjavel & 6 moreÉAVaison-la-Romaine · 8 miÉric Allibert & 5 moreJPSaint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux · 9 miJean-Raymond de Petity & 3 more
Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes · 6 miMaurice Trintignant & 1 more
Camaret-sur-Aigues · 11 miAuguste Autrand & 1 moreAPSérignan-du-Comtat · 10 miAlexandre César Hilarion de La PerrotineQuestions about famous people from Visan
Who counts as from Visan?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Visan 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)
- Jean-Sifrein Maury: Auteur non identifié, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- René Barjavel: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Trintignant: El Gráfico, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Autrand: Agence Rol, 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.