Olympic fencer Eugene Gilbert (1889–1918), pioneer aviator, WW1 fighter pilot Alan Stivell (1944-), Celtic musician and singer, recording artist and master of the Celtic harp Rufus (1942-), actor Anne Marie Dias Borges (1976-), franco-Cape-Verdean journalist and radio and television host Sébastien Mazeyrat (1978-), footballer International relations Riom is twinned with: Adur, England, United Kingdom Algemesí, Spain Nördlingen, Germany Viana do Castelo, Portugal Żywiec, Poland See also Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department References External links Riom - Official site for the city of Riom (in French). Riom Tourism - Official site from the Auvergne Office de Tourisme. Joan of Arc's letter to Riom - Translation by Allen Williamson of a letter dictated by Joan of Arc to the people of Riom on November 9, 1429. The Musée de Veygoux is a museum in the Manoir de Veygoux dedicated to the French Revolution and Desaix. The Riom trials of 1942, from a Marxist perspective Communes of Puy-de-Dôme Subprefectures in France Auvergne