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Bâtiment du Tennis Club à Dagneux (juillet 2023)Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0
Famous people · Dagneux, Ain

Dagneux is the birthplace of 2 famous people

An article in one language makes the French painter Claude-Antoine Dussort the best known so far. The list has one more: the French psychotherapist Pierre Ménard. Claude-Antoine Dussort (1855) and Pierre Ménard (1880) mark the two ends of the list. Nearby, Montluel, 1 mi away, lists 9, led by Joseph Crétin.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Claude-Antoine Dussort
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1855
Claude-Antoine Dussort
Youngest
1880
Pierre Ménard
Most common field
Writing & Arts
1 person
The best known

Born in Dagneux

CD#1
Writing & Arts

Claude-Antoine Dussort

1855–1922

French painter (1855-1922)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
PM#2
Science & Medicine

Pierre Ménard

1880–1952

French psychotherapist

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Dagneux is known for

Writers and artists are the most numerous, 1 of them.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, Montluel counts 9 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Questions about famous people from Dagneux

Who is the most famous person from Dagneux?

Claude-Antoine Dussort (French painter (1855-1922)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Pierre Ménard.

How many famous people were born in Dagneux?

2 people born in Dagneux have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Dagneux known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Dagneux?

Claude-Antoine Dussort, born in 1855. The youngest on the list was born in 1880.

Who counts as from Dagneux?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Dagneux 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 (2)

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.