No famous person from Torcieu yet, but Ambérieu-en-Bugey next door has 14
Famous people are on record for 131 of the towns in Ain. No town in Ain lists more than Bourg-en-Bresse, with 133. Belley has the second-longest list in Ain, after Bourg-en-Bresse, with 33. The best known born in Ambérieu-en-Bugey is Denise Perrier.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Torcieu (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 Torcieu yet.
Famous people born near Torcieu
Of the towns nearby, Ambérieu-en-Bugey lists the most people: 14.
Ambérieu-en-Bugey · 3 miDenise Perrier & 13 moreDDLagnieu · 3 miDenis Defforey & 5 more
Pont-d'Ain · 9 miDominique Bathenay & 2 more
Meximieux · 10 miAlphonse Bernoud & 2 moreLRMontalieu-Vercieu · 8 miLouis Rivet & 1 more
Plateau d'Hauteville · 10 miRoger Pingeon & 1 moreJBAmbronay · 6 miJules BlanchetQuestions about famous people from Torcieu
Who counts as from Torcieu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Torcieu 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)
- Denise Perrier: Agip - (Fotocollectie Anefo), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dominique Bathenay: Panini, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alphonse Bernoud: Original uploader was Montemurro at it.wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger Pingeon: Petit Brun, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.