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Famous people · Objat, Corrèze

Objat is the birthplace of 3 famous people

Articles in 5 languages make the French racing driver Max Mamers the best known. Close behind are Frédéric Desnoyer and Pierre Bessot. A short trip away, Brive-la-Gaillarde (9 mi) counts 97 famous people, Pierre-André Latreille among them. Per 10,000 residents, the town has 8.1, close to the 8.1 of the typical Corrèze town.

#1 best knownMax MamersSports · born 1943
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Max Mamers
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1935
Pierre Bessot
Youngest
1955
Frédéric Desnoyer
Most common field
Sports
3 people
The best known

Born in Objat

All three are athletes.

Max Mamers#1
Sports

Max Mamers

born 1943

French racing driver

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
FD#2
Sports

Frédéric Desnoyer

born 1955

French rugby union player

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
PB#3
Sports

Pierre Bessot

1935–2021

French rugby union player (1935-2021)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Questions about famous people from Objat

Who is the most famous person from Objat?

Max Mamers (French racing driver) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Frédéric Desnoyer and Pierre Bessot.

How many famous people were born in Objat?

3 people born in Objat have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 4 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Objat known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 3 of the 3. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Objat?

Pierre Bessot, born in 1935. The youngest on the list was born in 1955.

Who counts as from Objat?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Objat 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)

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.