No famous person yet from Colomieu
The neighbour with the longest list is Belley, 4 mi away: 33, led by Sandrine Bailly. 131 towns across Ain can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Ain belongs to Bourg-en-Bresse, with 133.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Colomieu (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 Colomieu yet.
Famous people born near Colomieu
Close by, the fullest list is Belley’s, at 33 names.
Belley · 4 miSandrine Bailly & 32 more
Dolomieu · 10 miÉlie Cartan & 3 more
Morestel · 9 miVictor Giraud & 2 moreCPYenne · 7 miCharles-Bernard Pellegrini & 1 more
Culoz-Béon · 11 miLéon Serpollet & 1 moreLRMontalieu-Vercieu · 12 miLouis Rivet & 1 moreJRLes Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin · 8 miJoseph de RevolMMSaint-Genix-les-Villages · 9 miMaurice MichaudQuestions about famous people from Colomieu
Who counts as from Colomieu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Colomieu 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)
- Sandrine Bailly: Götz A. Primke from Muenchen, Germany Cropped by Fschoenm, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Élie Cartan: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Giraud: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Léon Serpollet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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