Pougny has no famous person on record yet
Younès Kaboul tops the 20 names on record in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, 6 mi away. 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. 131 of the towns in Ain list at least one person.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Pougny (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 Pougny yet.
Famous people born near Pougny
The fullest list close by belongs to Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, with 20.
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois · 6 miYounès Kaboul & 19 moreJDValserhône · 7 miJacques Dessemme & 7 moreMMFerney-Voltaire · 11 miMichel Meylan & 3 more
Thoiry · 7 miJacques Benoit-Gonnin & 1 more
Prévessin-Moëns · 10 miÉmile Guers & 1 more
Cruseilles · 11 miLouis Armand & 1 more
Valleiry · 2 miAlphonse Chautemps
Beaumont · 8 miAndré TaponierQuestions about famous people from Pougny
Who counts as from Pougny?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Pougny 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 (6)
- Younès Kaboul: James Boyes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Benoit-Gonnin: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl ., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Guers: Atelier Boissonnas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Armand: Inconnu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alphonse Chautemps: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Taponier: André Taponier (1869-1930), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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