#1Objat 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.

Born in Objat
All three are athletes.
#1Frédéric Desnoyer
born 1955French rugby union player
Pierre Bessot
1935–2021French rugby union player (1935-2021)
Famous people from the towns next door
5 towns around it have someone on record.
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)
- Max Mamers: Thibault Messiaen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre-André Latreille: Brown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aymard de Foucauld: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre de Selve dit de Monteruc: Unknown derivative work by JPS68, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Annet-Antoine Couloumy: Père Igor, 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.



