Next door to Chanteix, Brive-la-Gaillarde lists 97 famous people
Across Corrèze, 82 towns list someone born there. Not one famous person on record comes from Chanteix yet. Brive-la-Gaillarde has the most of any town in Corrèze: 97. After Brive-la-Gaillarde, the next longest list in Corrèze is Tulle’s, with 91.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chanteix (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 Chanteix yet.
Famous people born near Chanteix
Of the towns nearby, Brive-la-Gaillarde lists the most people: 97.
Questions about famous people from Chanteix
Who counts as from Chanteix?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chanteix 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 (6)
- Pierre-André Latreille: Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurent Koscielny: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Rollin: Georges Devred, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre de Selve dit de Monteruc: Unknown derivative work by JPS68, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aymard de Foucauld: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Max Mamers: Thibault Messiaen, 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.