Métiers d'Art d'Aurillac. Notable people linked to the commune Aurillac was the birthplace of Saint Gerald of Aurillac (855-909), politician. Gerbert of Aurillac (938-1003), Mathematician, tutor to Hugues Capet, Pope under the name Sylvester II. William of Auvergne (1190-1249), Theologian, Bishop of Paris, Chaplain and minister for Saint Louis. Jean Cinquarbres (1514-1587, Orientalist, Principal of Fortet College the Professor of Hebrew and Syriac at the Royal College. Jean-Aymar Piganiol de La Force (1673-1753), Geographer. Antoine Delzons (1743-1816), MP Louis Furcy Grognier (1774-1837), Director of the Veterinary school of Lyon Jean-Baptiste Carrier (1756-1794), bloodthirsty republican revolutionary Édouard Jean-Baptiste Milhaud (1766-1833), cousin of Carrier, revolutionary, Commissioner of the Army, General of the Army of the Republic and the Empire, also known for his bloodthirsty actions Alexis Joseph Delzons (1775-1812), General of the Empire Charles Antoine Manhès (1777-1854), General of the Army of the Republic and the Empire Arsène Lacarrière-Latour (1778-1837), Engineer, architect, urban planner in Louisiana Eloy Chapsal (1811-1882), Painter and director of the Museum of Aurillac. Claude Sosthène Grasset d'Orcet (1828-1900), Archaeologist, historian Émile Duclaux (1840-1904), Physician, Chemist and biologist Jean-Baptiste Rames (1832–1894), Geologist Jules Rengade (1841-1915), Doctor, médecin, novelist for children, scientific journalist Francis Charmes (1849-1916), Journalist, Academic Géraud Réveilhac (1851-1937), General Paul Doumer (1857-1932), President of the Third Republic Jean de Bonnefon (1866-1928), Journalist, polygrapher Pierre de Vaissière (1867-1942), paleographic archivist, historian Marie Marvingt (1875–1963), an athlete, mountaineer, Pioneer medical evacuation pilot, and the most decorated woman in the history of France. Georges Monnet (1898-1980), agronomist, politician Elie Calvet (1904-1929), Comedian, 1st Prize in Comedy from the Conservatory, died on stage receiving his award, nephew of the famous singer Rosa Emma Calvé (1858-1942) Bernard Tricot (1920-2000), Secretary-General of the Élysée from 1967 to 1969, one of the negotiators of the Évian Accords with the Algerian FLN to abandon French Algeria Jean-Benoît Puech (1947-), writer, author of La Bibliothèque d'un amateur (1980), Louis-René des Forêts, novel (2000), Une biographie autorisée (2010) Marc Mézard (1957-), theoretical physicist, director of the École normale supérieure (Paris) David Nègre (1973-), former professional footballer Roland Chassain, MP for Bouches-du-Rhône Jean-Yves Hugon, former MP for Indre Alain Delcamp, Secretary-General for the Senate Olivier Magne, international rugby player Jacques Maziol, Minister of Construction under de Gaulle, President-director general of Radio Monte-Carlo. Jean-Philippe Sol, international volley-ball player Sébastien Pissavy, founder of the jeuxvideo.com website Léo Pons, filmmaker Linked to Aurillac François Maynard (Toulouse 1582-Aurillac 1646), poet, one of