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Famous people · Conques-en-Rouergue, Aveyron

Conques-en-Rouergue’s famous people span 269 years: 3 births from 1657 to 1926

Articles in 5 languages make the French physician Pierre Chirac the best known. Second place goes to the French politician Amans Adrien Périer, third to Élisabeth de Neyrat. For more famous names, Decazeville is 7 mi away: its list has 25, led by Emma Calvé. Pierre Chirac was born in 1657.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Pierre Chirac
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1657
Pierre Chirac
Youngest
1926
Élisabeth de Neyrat
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known

Born in Conques-en-Rouergue

The three are covered in 5, 1 and 1 languages: Pierre Chirac, Amans Adrien Périer and Élisabeth de Neyrat.

PC#1
Science & Medicine

Pierre Chirac

1657–1732

French physician

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AP#2
Politics & Law

Amans Adrien Périer

1851–1920

French politician

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
ÉN#3
Writing & Arts

Élisabeth de Neyrat

1926–2015

French writer (1926–2015)

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

What Conques-en-Rouergue is known for

Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 1 people.

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

Nearby, Decazeville has the most on record, with 25.

Questions about famous people from Conques-en-Rouergue

Who is the most famous person from Conques-en-Rouergue?

Pierre Chirac (French physician) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Amans Adrien Périer and Élisabeth de Neyrat.

How many famous people were born in Conques-en-Rouergue?

3 people born in Conques-en-Rouergue have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 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 Conques-en-Rouergue known for?

Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 3. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Conques-en-Rouergue?

Pierre Chirac, born in 1657. The youngest on the list was born in 1926.

Who counts as from Conques-en-Rouergue?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Conques-en-Rouergue 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)

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.