No one from Valady is on the famous people list yet
Rodez, 9 mi away, has 107 on its list, the best known Pierre Soulages. No town in Aveyron lists more than Rodez, with 107. After Rodez, the next longest list in Aveyron is Millau’s, with 41. Across Aveyron, 112 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Valady (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Valady as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Valady
Rodez leads the towns around it, with 107 names.
Questions about famous people from Valady
Who counts as from Valady?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Valady 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
- Jean Chauchard: Pierre Tribhou, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Laur: Yan Chevallier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Béteille: Photo aerospatiale (dont les noms des photographes sont anonymes), reprise par EADS-Airbus., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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