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Famous people · Luzech, Lot

Luzech is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Bernadette Ségol, the French union official, is the most widely known, written about in 5 languages. The other is Raymond Miquel, the French resistance fighter. Nearby, Cahors, 8 mi away, lists 90, led by Jean XXII. Only 13 of the 84 towns in Lot with anyone on record list more.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bernadette Ségol
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1914
Raymond Miquel
Youngest
1949
Bernadette Ségol
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known

Born in Luzech

BS#1
Politics & Law

Bernadette Ségol

born 1949

French union official

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
RM#2
Notable

Raymond Miquel

1914–1995

French resistance fighter (1914-1995)

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

What Luzech is known for

Leaders 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

The fullest list close by belongs to Cahors, with 90.

Questions about famous people from Luzech

Who is the most famous person from Luzech?

Bernadette Ségol (French union official) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Raymond Miquel.

How many famous people were born in Luzech?

2 people born in Luzech have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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 Luzech known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Luzech?

Raymond Miquel, born in 1914. The youngest on the list was born in 1949.

Who counts as from Luzech?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Luzech 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.