CD#1
Politics & Law
Claude Debons
born 1949French trade unionist
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Firmi, Aveyron
2 famous people were born in Firmi
Claude Debons, the French trade unionist, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. The list has one more: the French economist Marc Guillaume. The neighbour with the longest list is Decazeville, 3 mi away: 25, led by Emma Calvé. Born in 1940, Marc Guillaume is the first name on record, and Claude Debons, born in 1949, the most recent.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Claude Debons
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1940
Marc Guillaume
Youngest
1949
Claude Debons
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Firmi
MG#2
Science & Medicine
Marc Guillaume
born 1940French economist
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Firmi is known for
1 of them work in Politics & Law, the biggest field.
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
The most names next door are in Decazeville: 25.
Questions about famous people from Firmi
Who is the most famous person from Firmi?
Claude Debons (French trade unionist) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Marc Guillaume.
How many famous people were born in Firmi?
2 people born in Firmi have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Firmi known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Firmi?
Marc Guillaume, born in 1940. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.
Who counts as from Firmi?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Firmi 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 (3)
- Emma Calvé: Aimé Dupont, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gilles Poux: Fabien Narritsens, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Albert Cabrol: 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.