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Famous people · Camarès, Aveyron

2 famous people call Camarès their birthplace

Jacques-Jean Gély, the French priest, is the most widely known, written about in one language. The other is Marcel Alvernhe, the French journalist. Nearby, Saint-Affrique, 9 mi away, lists 22, led by Émile Borel. From Jacques-Jean Gély to Marcel Alvernhe, the births on the list run from 1849 to 1892.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jacques-Jean Gély
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1849
Jacques-Jean Gély
Youngest
1892
Marcel Alvernhe
Most common field
Faith
1 person
The best known

Born in Camarès

JG#1
Faith

Jacques-Jean Gély

1849–1929

French priest (1849–1929)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
MA#2
Writing & Arts

Marcel Alvernhe

1892–1917

French journalist

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Camarès is known for

Clergy and people of faith are the most numerous, 1 of them.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Saint-Affrique has the longest list next door: 22.

Questions about famous people from Camarès

Who is the most famous person from Camarès?

Jacques-Jean Gély (French priest (1849–1929)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Marcel Alvernhe.

How many famous people were born in Camarès?

2 people born in Camarès have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Camarès known for?

Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 3% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Camarès?

Jacques-Jean Gély, born in 1849. The youngest on the list was born in 1892.

Who counts as from Camarès?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Camarès 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 (1)

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.