Famous people born near Confrançon
Go 9 mi to Bourg-en-Bresse and the list grows to 133, with Jérôme Lalande at the top. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Confrançon. Bourg-en-Bresse has the most of any town in Ain: 133. After Bourg-en-Bresse, the next longest list in Ain is Belley’s, with 33.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Confrançon (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 Confrançon yet.
Famous people born near Confrançon
Close by, the fullest list is Bourg-en-Bresse’s, at 133 names.
Bourg-en-Bresse · 9 miJérôme Lalande & 132 more
Viriat · 8 miGuillaume Rufin & 11 more
Montrevel-en-Bresse · 6 miPierre de La Baume & 2 more
Replonges · 9 miLouis Desnoyers & 2 more
Polliat · 4 miHippolyte Piroux & 1 moreGLChâtillon-sur-Chalaronne · 11 miGeorges Lagrange & 1 moreGRBâgé-Dommartin · 7 miGabriel Marie de Riccé
Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg · 8 miVirginie BarbetQuestions about famous people from Confrançon
Who counts as from Confrançon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Confrançon 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
- Pierre de La Baume: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Desnoyers: E. Gervais, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hippolyte Piroux: Bressse, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginie Barbet: Suzy1919, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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