No famous person born in Castanet is listed yet
Born 7 mi away in Baraqueville: Roger Béteille, the one name on its list. In all of Aveyron, the famous people on record come from 112 towns. Rodez’s 107 names make the longest list in Aveyron. After Rodez, the next longest list in Aveyron is Millau’s, with 41.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Castanet (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 Castanet yet.
Famous people born near Castanet
Around it, only Baraqueville has someone listed.
Questions about famous people from Castanet
Who counts as from Castanet?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Castanet 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)
- Roger Béteille: Photo aerospatiale (dont les noms des photographes sont anonymes), reprise par EADS-Airbus., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Laur: Yan Chevallier, 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.