Next door to Lapeyrouse, Trévoux lists 16 famous people
No famous person on record lists Lapeyrouse as their birthplace yet. In all of Ain, the famous people on record come from 131 towns. The longest list in Ain is Bourg-en-Bresse’s, with 133 names. 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 Lapeyrouse (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 Lapeyrouse as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Lapeyrouse
Trévoux leads the towns around it, with 16 names.
Montluel · 9 miJoseph Crétin & 8 more
Reyrieux · 8 miAlbin Chalandon & 2 more
Neuville-sur-Saône · 10 miPaul Mauriat & 2 moreJMVillars-les-Dombes · 3 miJean Miriot & 1 moreGLChâtillon-sur-Chalaronne · 9 miGeorges Lagrange & 1 morePCMontanay · 9 miPierre Cormorèche
Chalamont · 9 miJean-François BellayQuestions about famous people from Lapeyrouse
Who counts as from Lapeyrouse?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lapeyrouse 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)
- Joseph Crétin: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Albin Chalandon: Ramsès Le Grand, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Mauriat: La Vie au grand air, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-François Bellay: Jean-François Armbruster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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