Next door to Thil, Décines-Charpieu lists 20 famous people
No famous person on record lists Thil as their birthplace yet. In Ain, 131 towns have someone on the list. Bourg-en-Bresse’s 133 names make the longest list in Ain. 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 Thil (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 Thil yet.
Famous people born near Thil
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Thil, with how many people each has.
Montluel · 3 miJoseph Crétin & 8 moreCFSaint-Maurice-de-Beynost · 2 miClaudius Four & 1 moreKMMeyzieu · 3 miKhalis Merah & 1 moreCDDagneux · 3 miClaude-Antoine Dussort & 1 morePGJonage · 2 miPhilippe GalvezSFMiribel · 4 miSteven Frossard
Pusignan · 5 miJean ParédèsQuestions about famous people from Thil
Who counts as from Thil?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Thil 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 (2)
- Joseph Crétin: unattributed, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Parédès: Studio Harcourt, 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.