No famous person born in Le Chastang is listed yet
Brive-la-Gaillarde, 10 mi away, has 97 on its list, the best known Pierre-André Latreille. The longest list of any town in Corrèze belongs to Brive-la-Gaillarde, with 97. After Brive-la-Gaillarde, the next longest list in Corrèze is Tulle’s, with 91. In all of Corrèze, the famous people on record come from 82 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Chastang (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 Le Chastang yet.
Famous people born near Le Chastang
Close by, the fullest list is Brive-la-Gaillarde’s, at 97 names.
Questions about famous people from Le Chastang
Who counts as from Le Chastang?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Chastang 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
- Antoine Guillaume Delmas: portrait gravé du 19e siècle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre de Selve dit de Monteruc: Unknown derivative work by JPS68, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis: Merry-Joseph Blondel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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