and author in 1874 of a text where he claimed that Rodez is at the centre of the world. (1842-1916), writer, historian, Member of Parliament and Senator of Aveyron. Antonin Artaud (1896-1948), writer and poet, interned from February 1943 to May 1946 in the Paraire departmental lunatic asylum. , lawyer, the Bar Association of Rodez, Conservative deputy in 1936 and 1945. Eugène Raynaldy (1869-1938), French politician born in Rodez, he was Senator of Aveyron from 1930 to 1938. (1904-1988), French politician born in Rodez. Idebert Exbrayat, pastor, born in 1913 in Calvisson, organized in Rodez the rescue of many Jews during the Occupation. He was named as his wife, Righteous Among the Nations (1914-1983), writer, resistant and French academic born in Rodez. Pierre Soulages, painter, engraver, and sculptor, born in Rodez in 1919. Marie-Eugène de l'Enfant-Jésus (1894, 1967), born Henri Grialou in the Gua Quarter, he became a priest in the Carmelite order. He founded the . He is in the process of beatification. Jean Fabre, French Rugby Union international, occupied the position of flanker in the Stade Toulousain during the 1960s, born in 1935 in Rodez. , born in Rodez on 24 January 1936, politician, Mayor of Rodez from 1983 to 2008 and president of the regional Council of Midi-Pyrénées from 1988 to 1998. Bertrand Delanoë, former Mayor of Paris, spent his teenage years in Rodez and studied at the private Lycée François d'Estaing. Anne-Marie Escoffier, former Minister-delegate responsible for decentralization, General Councillor of the with the General Council of Aveyron in Rodez, former prefect and Senator of Aveyron between April 1999 and September 2001 and between October 2008 and July 2012. (1949-2008), the first Rodez cardio-surgeon to implant a coronary stent, in 1986. François Kevorkian, DJ and music producer, was born in Rodez in 1954. Dominique Reynié (1960-), political scientist, born in Rodez. Bernard Laporte, born in Rodez in 1964, former Secretary of State of sports, former coach of France's rugby union team, ex-UA Gaillac, and the CA Béglais, former coach of the Stade Bordelais and the Stade Français. Gaëtan Roussel, born 13 October 1972 in Rodez, singer and founder of the rock band Louise Attaque. Olivier Asmaker, cyclist and teammate of Laurent Jalabert, grew up in Rodez. Cyril Lignac, cook and host on M6, was born 5 November 1977 in Rodez and studied in Aveyron. Julien Pierre, international rugby, second line of ASM Clermont Auvergne, born in