Puyloubier

Population

Personalities linked to the commune

• Servin de Puyloubier, hermit and martyr, massacred by the Visigoths.
• Jacques Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 1 May 1680, died in Paris on 10 August 1754.
• Jean-Baptiste Rigaud, designer and engraver, born in Puyloubier on 17 April 1720, nephew of Jacques Rigaud.
• Rosalie Margalet, mother of the poet Victor Gélu, costumier, born in Puyloubier on 3 April 1770, died on 7 March 1854.
• Jean Planque, painter and collector of Swiss art, stayed here between 1948 and 1951.
• Francis Méano, international footballer, born in Puyloubier on 22 May 1931, died in a car accident near Reims on 26 June 1953.
• Pierre-Paul Jeanpierre, colonel in the Foreign Légion, killed in combat in 1958 near Guelma interred in the carré des légionnaires in Puyloubier cemetery.
• Yvonne Gamy, actress, born Marseille on 10 June 1904, died in Marseille on 10 February 1997, was a longtime resident of Puyloubier.