No one born in Mayran has made the famous people list yet
The nearest list is in Rodez, 10 mi away: 107 names, starting with Pierre Soulages. The longest list in Aveyron is Rodez’s, with 107 names. Millau has the second-longest list in Aveyron, after Rodez, with 41. In all of Aveyron, the famous people on record come from 112 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Mayran (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 Mayran yet.
Famous people born near Mayran
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Mayran, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Mayran
Who counts as from Mayran?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Mayran 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 (5)
- Pierre Soulages: NVP3D, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Albert Cabrol: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Béteille: Photo aerospatiale (dont les noms des photographes sont anonymes), reprise par EADS-Airbus., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Chauchard: Pierre Tribhou, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.