Auvergne
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Auvergne was a historic province in south central France.
Today, the whole of the province of Auvergne is contained inside the administrative région of Auvergne, a région which also includes provinces and territories that were not part of Auvergne historically. The capital of the région of Auvergne is Clermont-Ferrand.
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Notable residents
- Vercingetorix, King of the Arverni, leader of the Gallic resistance against Julius Caesar.
- Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, (1757–1834), born in Auvergne, was a national hero in both France and the United States for his roles in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution.
- Pierre-Andre Coffinhal, Jacobin leader and vice-president of the Revolutionary Tribunal, was born in Auvergne. A close friend of Robespierre, he was executed following the events of the 9 Thermidor.
- Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a French Revolutionary born in Yolet of Auvergne. He was famous for his brutality towards his enemies. In 1794, he was guillotined upon the conviction of the National Convention.
- The Dalfi d'Alvernha or Dauphin d'Auvergne, troubadour and patron of troubadours, Count of Clermont and Montferrand
- Joseph Canteloube, (1879–1957), French composer.
- Guy Debord, writer and leader of the Situationist International, acquired a country house in the region in 1975, where he frequently lived until committing suicide there in 1994.
- Audrey Tautou, internationally successful French actress, was born and raised in Auvergne: her surname is typically Occitan.
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Notable fictional residents
- Lestat de Lioncourt
- Gabrielle de Lioncourt
- Nicolas de Lenfent
- Philippe Charboneau, later Philip Kent; protagonist of the early novels of The Kent Family Chronicles and the eponymous family's progenitor
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