Les Cammazes has yet to put a famous person on the list
Just 9 mi away, Castelnaudary’s list holds 30 names, Georges Canguilhem the best known. 78 of the towns in Tarn list at least one person. Albi has the most of any town in Tarn: 130. After Albi, the next longest list in Tarn is Mazamet’s, with 31.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Les Cammazes (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Les Cammazes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Les Cammazes
Nearby, Castelnaudary has the most on record, with 30.
Questions about famous people from Les Cammazes
Who counts as from Les Cammazes?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Les Cammazes 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)
- Vincent Auriol: Abbie Rowe, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Clos: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Cau: APB11, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.