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Famous people · Trémolat, Dordogne

2 famous people come from Trémolat, René Carmille the best known

With articles in 11 languages, René Carmille is the most widely known. The list has one more: the French politician Paule Duport. Go 5 mi to Lalinde and the list grows to 4, with Jean Gautheroux at the top. René Carmille (1886) and Paule Duport (1927) mark the two ends of the list.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
René Carmille
11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1886
René Carmille
Youngest
1927
Paule Duport
Most common field
Military
1 person
The best known

Born in Trémolat

RC#1
Military

René Carmille

1886–1945

Comptroller general of the French Army and member of French Resistance (1886-1945)

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
PD#2
Politics & Law

Paule Duport

1927–2017

French politician

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Trémolat is known for

Soldiers and sailors are the most numerous, 1 of them.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

2 towns around it have someone on record.

Questions about famous people from Trémolat

Who is the most famous person from Trémolat?

René Carmille (Comptroller general of the French Army and member of French Resistance (1886-1945)) is the best known by our measure: 11 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Paule Duport.

How many famous people were born in Trémolat?

2 people born in Trémolat 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 Trémolat known for?

Among its famous people, soldiers and sailors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Trémolat?

René Carmille, born in 1886. The youngest on the list was born in 1927.

Who counts as from Trémolat?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Trémolat 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 (1)

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.