People
- Pope Clement V died in Roquemaure Castle in 1314.
- Jacques Bridaine, a Roman Catholic preacher, was born in Chusclan in 1701 and died in Roquemaure in 1767.
- Louis Pierre de Cubières, a French naturalist, was born in Roquemaure in 1747 and died in 1821.
- Michel de Cubières, a French writer, was born in Roquemaure in 1752 and died in Paris in 1820. He was the brother of Louis Pierre.
- Placide Cappeau, (1808-1877) a French writer, was born and died in Roquemaure. He wrote Minuit, chrétiens (O Holy Night) (1847), which was set to music by Adolphe Adam. He also wrote a historic poem, Le Château de Roquemaure.
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