GC#1
Sports
Gabriel Clément
1912–1978French rugby union and league player
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Sauxillanges, Puy-de-Dôme
3 famous people were born in Sauxillanges
Gabriel Clément, the French rugby union and league player, is the most widely known, written about in 2 languages. Second and third on the list are Jean Chantagrel and Roger Paul. The nearest list is in Issoire, 6 mi away: 26 names, starting with Auguste Pomel. Fewer than a quarter of the 127 towns in Puy-de-Dôme with famous people list more.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Gabriel Clément
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1822
Jean Chantagrel
Youngest
1912
Gabriel Clément
Most common field
Sports
2 people
The best known
Born in Sauxillanges
The three are covered in 2, 1 and 1 languages: Gabriel Clément, Jean Chantagrel and Roger Paul.
JC#2
Politics & Law
Jean Chantagrel
1822–1907French politician (1822–1907)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
RP#3
Sports
Roger Paul
1911–1981Rugby union player (1911–1981)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Sauxillanges is known for
Sports leads the fields, 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
Of the towns around it, Issoire has the most on record: 26.
Questions about famous people from Sauxillanges
Who is the most famous person from Sauxillanges?
Gabriel Clément (French rugby union and league player) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean Chantagrel and Roger Paul.
How many famous people were born in Sauxillanges?
3 people born in Sauxillanges have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Sauxillanges known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 2 of the 3. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sauxillanges?
Jean Chantagrel, born in 1822. The youngest on the list was born in 1912.
Who counts as from Sauxillanges?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sauxillanges 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 (2)
- Auguste Pomel: Penne, J., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Georges Bataille: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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.