Virac has no famous person on record yet
For more famous names, Albi is 10 mi away: its list has 130, led by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. In all of Tarn, the famous people on record come from 78 towns. The longest list of any town in Tarn belongs to Albi, with 130. Mazamet has the second-longest list in Tarn, after Albi, with 31.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Virac (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 Virac yet.
Famous people born near Virac
The neighbour with the most names is Albi, at 130.
Questions about famous people from Virac
Who counts as from Virac?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Virac 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)
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Paul Sescau, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alain Bertrand: Sanguinez, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Jean Louis Campmas: Bruno Galiber d'Auque, 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.