Certines has no famous person on record yet
Nearby, Bourg-en-Bresse, 4 mi away, lists 133, led by Jérôme Lalande. Famous people are on record for 131 of the towns in Ain. The longest list in Ain is Bourg-en-Bresse’s, with 133 names. Belley has the second-longest list in Ain, after Bourg-en-Bresse, with 33.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Certines (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 Certines yet.
Famous people born near Certines
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Certines, with how many people each has.
Bourg-en-Bresse · 4 miJérôme Lalande & 132 more
Viriat · 7 miGuillaume Rufin & 11 more
Pont-d'Ain · 7 miDominique Bathenay & 2 more
Polliat · 10 miHippolyte Piroux & 1 more
Ceyzériat · 4 miÉmile BravetBCPéronnas · 4 miBernard Curt
Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg · 5 miVirginie BarbetJBAmbronay · 10 miJules BlanchetQuestions about famous people from Certines
Who counts as from Certines?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Certines 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 (6)
- Jérôme Lalande: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Rufin: Robbie Mendelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Bathenay: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hippolyte Piroux: Bressse, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Bravet: Assemblée Nationale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginie Barbet: Suzy1919, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.