Saint-Babel has no famous person on record yet
Go 5 mi to Issoire and the list grows to 26, with Auguste Pomel at the top. 127 towns across Puy-de-Dôme can name a famous person born there. The longest list in Puy-de-Dôme is Clermont-Ferrand’s, with 356 names. Riom has the second-longest list in Puy-de-Dôme, after Clermont-Ferrand, with 68.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Babel (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 Saint-Babel yet.
Famous people born near Saint-Babel
Nearby, Issoire has the most on record, with 26.
Questions about famous people from Saint-Babel
Who counts as from Saint-Babel?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Babel 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 (5)
- Auguste Pomel: Penne, J., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Bataille: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Molimard: Henri Masson at Esperanto Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anna Tariol-Baugé: Jean Reutlinger, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Couthon: François Bonneville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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