No famous person from Davayat yet, but Riom next door has 68
127 of the towns in Puy-de-Dôme list at least one person. The longest list of any town in Puy-de-Dôme belongs to Clermont-Ferrand, with 356. Riom’s list is led by Alan Stivell.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Davayat (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 Davayat yet.
Famous people born near Davayat
Of the towns around it, Riom has the most on record: 68.
Riom · 4 miAlan Stivell & 67 moreMBMaringues · 11 miMathieu Baudet-Lafarge & 5 more
Volvic · 7 miAmable de Bourzeis & 2 moreJMEnnezat · 6 miJean-Ossaye Mombur & 1 moreJBCébazat · 8 miJean Blanc & 1 moreJTBlanzat · 8 miJean-Claude Theillière & 1 more
Gerzat · 8 miSerge Godard & 1 moreCQChâteaugay · 7 miClaude Gilbert Scolastique Hyacinthe de La QueuilleQuestions about famous people from Davayat
Who counts as from Davayat?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Davayat 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 (3)
- Alan Stivell: Jérémy Kergourlay, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amable de Bourzeis: Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Serge Godard: (:Julien:), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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.