Montluçon leads Allier with 89 famous people
Articles in 30 languages make the French writer Olivier Weber the best known. The Belgian singer and musician Fud Leclerc ranks second, ahead of Roger Walkowiak. 6 of them are musicians, 1.6 times the share across French towns. Antoine Mizauld (1510) and Paul Jedrasiak (1993) mark the two ends of the list.
What stands out about Montluçon’s famous people
What Montluçon is known for
Compared with the usual town, musicians are the most over-represented field, at 1.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Born in Montluçon
Ranked by languages covered: Olivier Weber with 30, then Fud Leclerc with 29 and Roger Walkowiak with 26.
Fud Leclerc
1924–2010Belgian singer and musician (1924–2010)
Roger Walkowiak
1927–2017French cyclist (1927–2017)
When Montluçon’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1950s come out on top, with 9 births.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Everyone else born in Montluçon
A further 86 follow, born between 1510 and 1993.



Raoul Dautry
1880–1951French politician, engineer and public company director (1880-1951)









Achille Allier
1807–1836French writer, art critic and archaeologist (1807–1836)




Pierre Miquel
1930–2007French screenwriter, historian and writer (1930-2007)








Raoul Minot
1893–1945French photographer in occupied France during WWII (1893–1945)








André Touret
1929–2018French teacher and historian in Montlucon (1929-2018)
Antoine Deschamps de La Varenne
1770–1822French politician (1770-1822)

Fernande Valignat
1906–1993French teacher and communist activist
Georges Piquand
1876–1955French surgeon, historian and local ethnograph (1876-1955)
Jacques Antoine Deschamps de La Varenne
1728–1807French general (1728–1807)




No one matches both filters.
Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Désertines has the most people on record, 12 of them.
Questions about famous people from Montluçon
Who is the most famous person from Montluçon?
Olivier Weber (French writer) is the best known by our measure: 30 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Fud Leclerc and Roger Walkowiak.
How many famous people were born in Montluçon?
89 people born in Montluçon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 120 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Montluçon known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 24 of the 89. That is 27% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Montluçon?
Antoine Mizauld, born in 1510. The youngest on the list was born in 1993.
Who counts as from Montluçon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Montluçon 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 (38)
- Alphonse Georges: War Office official photographer : Puttnam L A (Lt) : Davies (Lt), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sébastien Roudet: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raoul Dautry: Photographie de presse de l'agence Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Cluzel: Mark from Coventry, West Midlands, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marx Dormoy: Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabrielle Robinne: Jean Reutlinger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jason Berthomier: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ophélie Meilleroux: Philippe Sahonet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcelle Auclair: Almanaque de la Mujer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rodolphe Roche: HubertduMaine, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernadette Vergnaud: rosier, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Achille Allier: Daniel VILLAFRUELA ., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michael Fitzpatrick: Athene cunicularia at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Madeleine Deslandes: Edward Burne-Jones, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Yves Jouannais: librairie mollat, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Miquel: MM&A, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amable de Courtais: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Marc Lhermet: Zegreg63, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Di Bartolomeo: Mickael Denet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Marbœuf: Frantogian, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Dugléry: Gugussi03, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Aubrun: BarondlC, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Jedrasiak: Arn6338, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raoul Minot: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Suzanne Débarbat: Cassopea, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine-Frédéric Brunet: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Ribière: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Vacher: Pierre Petit, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Védrines: Gatipobou, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raoul Aubourdier: Inconnu (studios Pathé), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Castin: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sébastien Fargin-Fayolle: Achille Devéria, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fernande Valignat: femmes françaises (magazine), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Michel Mathonière: Pierre Detaille, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivier Martinaud: Fleurane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- René Varennes: Yann-03, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stéphane Létang: Maurice Dulac, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean de Brosse: Eutouring, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.
