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Famous people · Lavaveix-les-Mines, Creuse

2 famous people come from Lavaveix-les-Mines, Louis François the best known

Articles in 14 languages make the French wrestler Louis François the best known. The list has one more: the French association football player Marcel Mansat. A short trip away, Aubusson (9 mi) counts 15 famous people, Anne-Marie Couderc among them. Louis François (1906) and Marcel Mansat (1924) mark the two ends of the list.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Louis François
14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1906
Louis François
Youngest
1924
Marcel Mansat
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known

Born in Lavaveix-les-Mines

LF#1
Sports

Louis François

1906–1986

French wrestler (1906-1986)

14 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
MM#2
Sports

Marcel Mansat

1924–1996

French association football player (1924-1996)

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
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Questions about famous people from Lavaveix-les-Mines

Who is the most famous person from Lavaveix-les-Mines?

Louis François (French wrestler (1906-1986)) is the best known by our measure: 14 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Marcel Mansat.

How many famous people were born in Lavaveix-les-Mines?

2 people born in Lavaveix-les-Mines have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Lavaveix-les-Mines known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 2. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lavaveix-les-Mines?

Louis François, born in 1906. The youngest on the list was born in 1924.

Who counts as from Lavaveix-les-Mines?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lavaveix-les-Mines 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.

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.