No famous person born in Peyrieu is listed yet
Belley, 5 mi off, can claim 33 famous people, the best known Sandrine Bailly. The longest list of any town in Ain belongs to Bourg-en-Bresse, with 133. In Ain, 131 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Peyrieu (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 Peyrieu as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Peyrieu
The longest list nearby is Belley’s, with 33.
Belley · 5 miSandrine Bailly & 32 moreBALe Pont-de-Beauvoisin · 10 miBastien Auzeil & 6 more
Dolomieu · 10 miÉlie Cartan & 3 more
Morestel · 10 miVictor Giraud & 2 moreCPYenne · 4 miCharles-Bernard Pellegrini & 1 moreRRLa Motte-Servolex · 11 miRémy Rochas & 1 moreMMSaint-Genix-les-Villages · 6 miMaurice MichaudJRLes Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin · 7 miJoseph de RevolQuestions about famous people from Peyrieu
Who counts as from Peyrieu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Peyrieu 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 (3)
- Sandrine Bailly: Götz A. Primke from Muenchen, Germany Cropped by Fschoenm, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Élie Cartan: Studio Harcourt, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Giraud: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.