No famous person from Le Chalard yet, but Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche next door has 15
Across Haute-Vienne, the lists cover 81 towns. The longest list of any town in Haute-Vienne belongs to Limoges, with 298. Saint-Junien has the second-longest list in Haute-Vienne, after Limoges, with 21. The best known born in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche is Jean-Luc Masdupuy.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Chalard (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Chalard yet.
Famous people born near Le Chalard
Of the towns around it, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche has the most on record: 15.
Questions about famous people from Le Chalard
Who counts as from Le Chalard?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Chalard 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)
- Jean-Luc Masdupuy: Eric HOUDAS, 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.