No famous person yet from Cize
For more famous names, Bourg-en-Bresse is 10 mi away: its list has 133, led by Jérôme Lalande. The longest list of any town in Ain belongs to Bourg-en-Bresse, with 133. Belley has the second-longest list in Ain, after Bourg-en-Bresse, with 33. Famous people are on record for 131 of the towns in Ain.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Cize (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 Cize yet.
Famous people born near Cize
Of the towns around it, Bourg-en-Bresse has the most on record: 133.
Bourg-en-Bresse · 10 miJérôme Lalande & 132 more
Oyonnax · 10 miBoulaye Dia & 26 more
Nantua · 8 miCorinne Niogret & 21 more
Viriat · 11 miGuillaume Rufin & 11 moreJGMontréal-la-Cluse · 6 miJean-Michel Goutier & 2 more
Pont-d'Ain · 12 miDominique Bathenay & 2 more
Ceyzériat · 6 miÉmile BravetBCPéronnas · 11 miBernard CurtQuestions about famous people from Cize
Who counts as from Cize?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cize 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
- Boulaye Dia: Bigmatbasket, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corinne Niogret: Wayne77, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Rufin: Robbie Mendelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Bathenay: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Bravet: Assemblée Nationale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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