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Famous people · Albas, Lot

3 famous people call Albas their birthplace

Articles in 3 languages make the French playwright Gustave Guiches the best known. The next two names are Claude Le Maguet and Pierre Pagès-Duport. Just 10 mi away, Cahors’ list holds 90 names, Jean XXII the best known. Pierre Pagès-Duport (1823) and Claude Le Maguet (1887) mark the two ends of the list.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gustave Guiches
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1823
Pierre Pagès-Duport
Youngest
1887
Claude Le Maguet
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known

Born in Albas

Writers and artists take two of the three places.

GG#1
Writing & Arts

Gustave Guiches

1860–1935

French playwright

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
CM#2
Writing & Arts

Claude Le Maguet

1887–1979

French writer (1887-1979)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
PP#3
Politics & Law

Pierre Pagès-Duport

1823–1884

French politician

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

What Albas is known for

Share of Albas’ famous people in each field.

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

Of the towns around it, Cahors has the most on record: 90.

Questions about famous people from Albas

Who is the most famous person from Albas?

Gustave Guiches (French playwright) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Claude Le Maguet and Pierre Pagès-Duport.

How many famous people were born in Albas?

3 people born in Albas 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 Albas known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Albas?

Pierre Pagès-Duport, born in 1823. The youngest on the list was born in 1887.

Who counts as from Albas?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Albas 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.