No one from Sulignat is on the famous people list yet
Mâcon, 12 mi off, can claim 105 famous people, the best known Alphonse de Lamartine. 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. 131 towns in Ain have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sulignat (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 Sulignat yet.
Famous people born near Sulignat
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Mâcon · 12 miAlphonse de Lamartine & 104 more
Belleville-en-Beaujolais · 12 miFranck Durix & 9 moreDMSaint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne · 7 miDidier Maufras & 2 more
Replonges · 10 miLouis Desnoyers & 2 moreBPMontmerle-sur-Saône · 11 miBenoît Poncet & 2 moreGLChâtillon-sur-Chalaronne · 4 miGeorges Lagrange & 1 more
Polliat · 10 miHippolyte Piroux & 1 moreGDCrêches-sur-Saône · 10 miGeorges Dubœuf & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Sulignat
Who counts as from Sulignat?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sulignat 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
- Franck Durix: Werner Getzmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Desnoyers: E. Gervais, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hippolyte Piroux: Bressse, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.