born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Jean-Louis Bruguès (1943–): Archbishop, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Roland Bertranne (1949–): former rugny player who played at Stade Bagnérais Jean-Paul Betbèze (1949–): economist, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Jean-Michel Aguirre (1951–): international Rugby Union player and former player for Stade Bagnérais Yves Duhard (1955–): Rugby Union player, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Wilfrid Forgues (1969–) and Frank Adisson (1969–): Olympic champions in Canoeing in 1996 Sophie Theallet (1964–), Fashion designer, born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre The Société Ramond: founded at a meeting between Henry Russell, Charles Packe, Farnham Maxwell-Lyte, and Emilien Frossard in 1865, and named after Louis Ramond de Carbonnières, based in Bagnères-de-Bigorre Tony Hawks: English writer and comedian, purchased a house in a village near Bagnères-de-Bigorre as told in his 2006 book A Piano in the Pyrenees. See also Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department List of spa towns in France Stade Bagnérais Bigorre La Mongie Notes References External links Bagnères-de-Bigorre official website Bagnères-de-Bigorre on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website Baigneres en Bigorre on the 1750 Cassini Map Communes of Hautes-Pyrénées Spa towns in France Subprefectures in France