Next door to Saint-André-de-Bâgé, Mâcon lists 105 famous people
The list for Saint-André-de-Bâgé is empty for now. The longest list of any town in Ain belongs to Bourg-en-Bresse, with 133. After Bourg-en-Bresse, the next longest list in Ain is Belley’s, with 33. 131 towns in Ain have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-André-de-Bâgé (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 Saint-André-de-Bâgé yet.
Famous people born near Saint-André-de-Bâgé
The neighbour with the most names is Mâcon, at 105.
Mâcon · 4 miAlphonse de Lamartine & 104 more
Replonges · 2 miLouis Desnoyers & 2 moreDMSaint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne · 9 miDidier Maufras & 2 more
Montrevel-en-Bresse · 10 miPierre de La Baume & 2 moreGDCrêches-sur-Saône · 7 miGeorges Dubœuf & 1 more
Polliat · 11 miHippolyte Piroux & 1 moreGRBâgé-Dommartin · 3 miGabriel Marie de RiccéJDCharnay-lès-Mâcon · 5 miJean-Luc DonnetQuestions about famous people from Saint-André-de-Bâgé
Who counts as from Saint-André-de-Bâgé?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-André-de-Bâgé 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)
- Alphonse de Lamartine: Adrien Tournachon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Desnoyers: E. Gervais, 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
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