Next door to Saulcet, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule lists 6 famous people
No famous person’s birth in Saulcet is on record yet. Montluçon’s 89 names make the longest list in Allier. After Montluçon, the next longest list in Allier is Vichy’s, with 85. Across Allier, 121 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saulcet (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saulcet yet.
Famous people born near Saulcet
Around it, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule has the most people on record, 6 of them.
Questions about famous people from Saulcet
Who counts as from Saulcet?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saulcet 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 (2)
- Blaise de Vigenère: Thomas de Leu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Chérion: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.

