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Famous people · La Canourgue, Lozère

4 famous people come from La Canourgue, Céleste Albaret the best known

Céleste Albaret leads the list, covered in 10 languages. Behind the leader come Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonier and Joseph de Finance. Only 5 of the 35 towns in Lozère with anyone on record list more. More are clergy and people of faith than anything else, 2 in all.

Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Céleste Albaret
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1819
Marie François Joseph Jules André
Youngest
1904
Joseph de Finance
Most common field
Faith
2 people
The best known

Born in La Canourgue

Two of the three are clergy and people of faith.

CA#1
Writing & Arts

Céleste Albaret

1891–1984

Marcel Proust's maid, friend and sure

10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JC#2
Faith

Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonier

1842–1888

Roman Catholic bishop (1842-1888)

8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JF#3
Faith

Joseph de Finance

1904–2000

French catholic priest (1904-2000)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When La Canourgue’s famous people were born

Births peak in the 1890s, with 1 people born in that decade.

Revolution to EmpireBelle Époque180018501900Marie François Joseph Jules AndréJoseph de FinanceJean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonier
FaithWriting & ArtsPolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What La Canourgue is known for

2 of them work in Faith, the biggest field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in La Canourgue

1 more, best known first.

MA

Marie François Joseph Jules André

1819–1882

French politician (1819-1882)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Marvejols’, at 16 names.

Questions about famous people from La Canourgue

Who is the most famous person from La Canourgue?

Céleste Albaret (Marcel Proust's maid, friend and sure) is the best known by our measure: 10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonier and Joseph de Finance.

How many famous people were born in La Canourgue?

4 people born in La Canourgue have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 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 La Canourgue known for?

Among its famous people, clergy and people of faith: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 3% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from La Canourgue?

Marie François Joseph Jules André, born in 1819. The youngest on the list was born in 1904.

Who counts as from La Canourgue?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Canourgue 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)

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.