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Famous people · La Romieu, Gers

2 famous people were born in La Romieu from 1260 to 1909

Articles in 9 languages make the Catholic cardinal Arnaud d'Aux de Lescout the best known. The other is Gilbert Cours-Darne, the botanist. The neighbour with the longest list is Lectoure, 7 mi away: 28, led by Jean-Claude Pertuzé. The list’s best known name, Arnaud d'Aux de Lescout, dates from 1260.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Arnaud d'Aux de Lescout
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1260
Arnaud d'Aux de Lescout
Youngest
1909
Gilbert Cours-Darne
Most common field
Faith
1 person
The best known

Born in La Romieu

AL#1
Faith

Arnaud d'Aux de Lescout

1260–1320

Catholic cardinal

9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
GC#2
Science & Medicine

Gilbert Cours-Darne

1909–2001

Botanist (1909-2001)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What La Romieu is known for

Clergy and people of faith 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 La Romieu

Who is the most famous person from La Romieu?

Arnaud d'Aux de Lescout (Catholic cardinal) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gilbert Cours-Darne.

How many famous people were born in La Romieu?

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

What is La Romieu known for?

Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 3% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from La Romieu?

Arnaud d'Aux de Lescout, born in 1260. The youngest on the list was born in 1909.

Who counts as from La Romieu?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Romieu 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 (2)

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.