No one from La Barre-de-Monts is on the famous people list yet
Jacqueline Auriol heads the list in Challans, 12 mi away, which has 13 names. 102 towns across Vendée can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Vendée belongs to La Roche-sur-Yon, with 73. After La Roche-sur-Yon, the next longest list in Vendée is Fontenay-le-Comte’s, with 55.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is La Barre-de-Monts (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm La Barre-de-Monts as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near La Barre-de-Monts
Close by, Challans counts 13 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from La Barre-de-Monts
Who counts as from La Barre-de-Monts?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Barre-de-Monts 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)
- Jacqueline Auriol: André Cros, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yvan Dautin: Photographe de la Ville de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, dans le cadre de sa mission ; scan par Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mathieu Burgaudeau: Gavin Anderson from Bagneres de bigorre, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Milcendeau: Henri Evenepoel (1872-1899), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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