Favars has no famous person on record yet
The nearest list is in Brive-la-Gaillarde, 10 mi away: 97 names, starting with Pierre-André Latreille. 82 towns across Corrèze can name a famous person born there. No town in Corrèze lists more than Brive-la-Gaillarde, with 97. Tulle has the second-longest list in Corrèze, after Brive-la-Gaillarde, with 91.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Favars (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 Favars yet.
Famous people born near Favars
Of the towns nearby, 5 have famous names listed.
Questions about famous people from Favars
Who counts as from Favars?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Favars 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-André Latreille: Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Laurent Koscielny: Кирилл Венедиктов, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis: Merry-Joseph Blondel, 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.