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Sports
Bernard Curt
1945–2008Rugby league footballer
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Photo: Wikigaël · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Péronnas, Ain
Péronnas has just one famous person to its name: Bernard Curt
In 1945, the rugby league footballer Bernard Curt was born. Their birth falls between 1914 and 1969. Readers can find them written up in one language. Bourg-en-Bresse, 2 mi off, can claim 133 famous people, the best known Jérôme Lalande.
Born here
1
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Best known
Bernard Curt
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1945
Bernard Curt
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Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Péronnas
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Bourg-en-Bresse lists the most people: 133.
Questions about famous people from Péronnas
Who is the most famous person from Péronnas?
Bernard Curt (Rugby league footballer) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Péronnas?
1 people born in Péronnas have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Péronnas known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who counts as from Péronnas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Péronnas 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 (7)
- Jérôme Lalande: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Rufin: Robbie Mendelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Bathenay: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre de La Baume: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hippolyte Piroux: Bressse, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Virginie Barbet: Suzy1919, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Bravet: Assemblée Nationale, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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.