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Famous people · Béduer, Lot

Béduer is the birthplace of 2 famous people

An article in one language makes the French chemist and physicist Augustin Boutaric the best known so far. The list has one more: the French politician Marie-Claude Malaval. Jean-François Champollion heads the list in Figeac, 5 mi away, which has 33 names. The earliest on the list is Augustin Boutaric, born in 1885, and the youngest Marie-Claude Malaval, born in 1946.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Augustin Boutaric
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1885
Augustin Boutaric
Youngest
1946
Marie-Claude Malaval
Most common field
Science & Medicine
1 person
The best known

Born in Béduer

AB#1
Science & Medicine

Augustin Boutaric

1885–1949

French chemist and physicist (1885-1949)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
MM#2
Politics & Law

Marie-Claude Malaval

1946–2017

French politician (1946–2017)

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

What Béduer is known for

Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 1 people.

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

The fullest list close by belongs to Figeac, with 33.

Questions about famous people from Béduer

Who is the most famous person from Béduer?

Augustin Boutaric (French chemist and physicist (1885-1949)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Marie-Claude Malaval.

How many famous people were born in Béduer?

2 people born in Béduer have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 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 Béduer known for?

Among its famous people, scientists and doctors: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 7% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Béduer?

Augustin Boutaric, born in 1885. The youngest on the list was born in 1946.

Who counts as from Béduer?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Béduer 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.