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Famous people · Cunlhat, Puy-de-Dôme

Maurice Pialat tops a list of 3 famous people born in Cunlhat

Maurice Pialat, the French filmmaker, is the most widely known, written about in 36 languages. The French painter and stained glass artist Antoine Champrobert ranks second, ahead of Antoine Richard. From Antoine Champrobert to Maurice Pialat, the births on the list run from 1834 to 1925. Within 11 mi, Ambert lists the most: 28, with Michel Rolle first.

Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Maurice Pialat
36 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1834
Antoine Champrobert
Youngest
1925
Maurice Pialat
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known

Born in Cunlhat

Writers and artists take two of the three places.

MP#1
Film, TV & Stage

Maurice Pialat

1925–2003

French filmmaker (1925-2003)

36 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AC#2
Writing & Arts

Antoine Champrobert

1834–1905

French painter and stained glass artist

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
AR#3
Writing & Arts

Antoine Richard

1890–1947

French communist historian and teacher

2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Cunlhat is known for

The largest field is Writing & Arts, with 2 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

Ambert leads the towns around it, with 28 names.

Questions about famous people from Cunlhat

Who is the most famous person from Cunlhat?

Maurice Pialat (French filmmaker (1925-2003)) is the best known by our measure: 36 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Antoine Champrobert and Antoine Richard.

How many famous people were born in Cunlhat?

3 people born in Cunlhat 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 Cunlhat known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Cunlhat?

Antoine Champrobert, born in 1834. The youngest on the list was born in 1925.

Who counts as from Cunlhat?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cunlhat 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.