Cahors leads Lot with 90 famous people

Jean XXII (Pope of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334) is the best known by our measure: 79 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Léon Gambetta and Laurent Roux.

90 people born in Cahors have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 142 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

Among its famous people, leaders: 31 of the 90. That is 34% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Gérald de Moissac, born in 1050. The youngest on the list was born in 2001.

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cahors 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.

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.