Bey has no famous person on record yet
For more famous names, Mâcon is 6 mi away: its list has 105, led by Alphonse de Lamartine. No town in Ain lists more than Bourg-en-Bresse, with 133. After Bourg-en-Bresse, the next longest list in Ain is Belley’s, with 33. Across Ain, the lists cover 131 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bey (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bey yet.
Famous people born near Bey
Mâcon has the longest list next door: 105.
Mâcon · 6 miAlphonse de Lamartine & 104 more
Belleville-en-Beaujolais · 9 miFranck Durix & 9 moreDMSaint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne · 3 miDidier Maufras & 2 more
Replonges · 6 miLouis Desnoyers & 2 moreBPMontmerle-sur-Saône · 10 miBenoît Poncet & 2 moreGDCrêches-sur-Saône · 3 miGeorges Dubœuf & 1 moreGLChâtillon-sur-Chalaronne · 9 miGeorges Lagrange & 1 more
La Chapelle-de-Guinchay · 4 miMichel GillibertQuestions about famous people from Bey
Who counts as from Bey?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bey itself, matched by its INSEE code (a commune merged into it counts when the dates allow), whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. A hospital or neighbourhood recorded without its commune isn’t matched. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a hospital, a neighbourhood or a wider area, another commune, or missing, or their articles may not name a birthplace. We only list people the sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and French and English Wikipedia (each person’s articles confirm the birthplace; linked, not quoted). Birthplaces are matched to the commune by INSEE code and its history of mergers (INSEE COG 2026). Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across French towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the license below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Alphonse de Lamartine: Adrien Tournachon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franck Durix: Werner Getzmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Desnoyers: E. Gervais, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Gillibert: CamilleC34, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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