Le Puy-en-Velay - Notable People

Notable People

• Peire Cardenal (1180–1278), Occitan troubadour
• Marquis de La Fayette, 1757–1834, born at the Château de Chavagnac a few kilometres away from Le-Puy-en-Velay. He is known, among other things, for his action during the War of Independence of the United States of America.
• Pierre Julien (1731–1804), French neoclassical sculptor.
• Charles Dupuy (1851–1923), French politician, president of the Concil at several times during the Third Republic.
• Émile Reynaud, whose family comes from Le-Puy-en-Velay, settled there during many years and did lectures of scientific vulgarisation with projections in 1875 there which were very appreciated by the local population.
• Courtol (1834–1902), hunter of vipers.
• Jules Vallès (1832–1885), born in Le Puy. He was a writer and a journalist. His most famous book is L'Enfant.
• Maréchal Emile Fayolle, (1852-1928) commander of French troops in Italy and of the Reserve Army Group during the final offensive of the First World War.
• Grégory Coupet, football player, goalkeeper of Paris Saint Germain and of the French national team.
• Sidney Govou, football player at Panathinaikos F.C. and selected in the French national team.
• Jérémy Perbet, football player. Played for the RC Strasbourg in the French Ligue 2, now plays for Belgian side RAEC Mons.
• Julien Malzieu, rugby union player with ASM Clermont Auvergne and the French national team.
• Bruno Julliard, chairman of the UNEF who was put in the spotlight during the national social movement of French students against the CPE law in 2006. The former mayor of Le Puy-en-Velay, Arlette Arnaud-Landau, is his mother.
• Marion Bartoli, tennis player, 2007 Wimbledon finalist and top 10 player.