No famous person yet from Dortan
Go 11 mi to Saint-Claude and the list grows to 30, with Mevlüt Erdinç at the top. The Ain lists hold names for 131 towns. Bourg-en-Bresse’s 133 names make the longest list in Ain. 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 Dortan (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Dortan as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Dortan
The most names next door are in Saint-Claude: 30.
Questions about famous people from Dortan
Who counts as from Dortan?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Dortan 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)
- Mevlüt Erdinç: PSGMAG.NET, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boulaye Dia: Bigmatbasket, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Corinne Niogret: Wayne77, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Édouard Andrea: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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