Sandrans has no famous person on record yet
Montmerle-sur-Saône, 11 mi away, has 3 on its list, the best known Benoît Poncet. In Ain, 131 towns have someone on the list. No town in Ain lists more than Bourg-en-Bresse, with 133. After Bourg-en-Bresse, the next longest list in Ain is Belley’s, with 33.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sandrans (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 Sandrans yet.
Famous people born near Sandrans
Around it, Montmerle-sur-Saône has the most people on record, 3 of them.
Reyrieux · 12 miAlbin Chalandon & 2 moreGLChâtillon-sur-Chalaronne · 4 miGeorges Lagrange & 1 moreJMVillars-les-Dombes · 5 miJean Miriot & 1 more
Chalamont · 10 miJean-François Bellay
Fareins · 11 miÉtienne CarjatMPFrans · 11 miMaria PacautQuestions about famous people from Sandrans
Who counts as from Sandrans?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sandrans 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)
- Albin Chalandon: Ramsès Le Grand, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-François Bellay: Jean-François Armbruster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Carjat: Upload, stitch and restoration by Jebulon, 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.