#1Henri Mège
1883–1956French politician
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At the top of the list is the French politician Henri Mège, covered in 2 languages. Pierre Beylot, the French politician, comes second, with Albert Emmanuel Theulier third. 2 of them were born before the Revolution, the first Pierre de La Romagère in 1712. The list comes to 24.3 for every 10,000 residents, against 4 in the typical town in Dordogne.
Thiviers has 3× the usual share of leaders.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Ranked by languages covered: Henri Mège with 2, then Pierre Beylot with 2 and Albert Emmanuel Theulier with 1.
#1French politician
French politician
#3French politician (1840-1912)
More of them were born in the 1880s than in any other ten years, 1 in all.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Here are 4 more, born from 1712 to 1895.

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Henri Mège (French politician) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Beylot and Albert Emmanuel Theulier.
7 people born in Thiviers have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
Among its famous people, leaders: 5 of the 7. That is 71% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Pierre de La Romagère, born in 1712. The youngest on the list was born in 1920.
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Thiviers 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.
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).
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.