Saint-Simon has no famous person on record yet
For more famous names, Aurillac is 4 mi away: its list has 104, led by Paul Doumer. The longest list in Cantal is Aurillac’s, with 104 names. After Aurillac, the next longest list in Cantal is Saint-Flour’s, with 31. The Cantal lists hold names for 71 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Simon (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 Saint-Simon yet.
Famous people born near Saint-Simon
Aurillac leads the towns around it, with 104 names.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Simon
Who counts as from Saint-Simon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Simon 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)
- Paul Doumer: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Baptiste Milhaud: Charles Verhulst, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Antonin Magne: Agence de presse Meurisse, 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.