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Famous people · Valderiès, Tarn

Valderiès has just one famous person to its name: Édouard Rieunaud

In 1904, the French politician Édouard Rieunaud was born. Their birth falls in the Belle Époque. One language has an article about them so far. For more famous names, Albi is 7 mi away: its list has 130, led by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Édouard Rieunaud
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1904
Édouard Rieunaud
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known

Born in Valderiès

ÉR#1
Politics & Law

Édouard Rieunaud

1904–1982

French politician (1904–1982)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns around it, Albi has the most on record: 130.

Questions about famous people from Valderiès

Who is the most famous person from Valderiès?

Édouard Rieunaud (French politician (1904–1982)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in Valderiès?

1 people born in Valderiès have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Valderiès known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who counts as from Valderiès?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Valderiès 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).

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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.