No famous person from Messimy-sur-Saône yet, but Villefranche-sur-Saône next door has 68
Across Ain, the lists cover 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. The best known born in Villefranche-sur-Saône is Benjamin Biolay.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Messimy-sur-Saône (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 Messimy-sur-Saône yet.
Famous people born near Messimy-sur-Saône
Of the towns around it, Villefranche-sur-Saône has the most on record: 68.
Villefranche-sur-Saône · 5 miBenjamin Biolay & 67 moreDDTrévoux · 7 miDaniel Dagallier & 15 more
Belleville-en-Beaujolais · 5 miFranck Durix & 9 more
Gleizé · 5 miRudy Molard & 8 moreJPSaint-Georges-de-Reneins · 2 miJean Plattard & 3 moreBPMontmerle-sur-Saône · 3 miBenoît Poncet & 2 moreTCArnas · 3 miTimothé Cognat & 2 more
Fareins · 2 miÉtienne CarjatQuestions about famous people from Messimy-sur-Saône
Who counts as from Messimy-sur-Saône?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Messimy-sur-Saône 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)
- Benjamin Biolay: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Franck Durix: Werner Getzmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rudy Molard: FGphotographic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Carjat: Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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