No famous person yet from Chavaroux
Just 8 mi away, Riom’s list holds 68 names, Alan Stivell the best known. 127 towns in Puy-de-Dôme have at least one famous person on record. The longest list in Puy-de-Dôme is Clermont-Ferrand’s, with 356 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chavaroux (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Chavaroux yet.
Famous people born near Chavaroux
Nearby, Riom has the most on record, with 68.
Riom · 8 miAlan Stivell & 67 moreMBMaringues · 6 miMathieu Baudet-Lafarge & 5 more
Pont-du-Château · 4 miAlain Rey & 4 more
Lezoux · 6 miGabriel-Taurin Dufresse & 3 more
Vertaizon · 5 miProsper Marilhat & 2 moreJMEnnezat · 4 miJean-Ossaye Mombur & 1 more
Gerzat · 6 miSerge Godard & 1 more
Lempdes · 6 miJean-Baptiste Lamy & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Chavaroux
Who counts as from Chavaroux?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chavaroux 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 (6)
- Alan Stivell: Jérémy Kergourlay, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Rey: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriel-Taurin Dufresse: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Prosper Marilhat: Théodore Chassériau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Serge Godard: (:Julien:), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Baptiste Lamy: Nolege, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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