Verjon has no famous person on record yet
Just 11 mi away, Bourg-en-Bresse’s list holds 133 names, Jérôme Lalande the best known. The Ain lists hold names for 131 towns. The longest list in Ain is Bourg-en-Bresse’s, with 133 names. 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 Verjon (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 Verjon yet.
Famous people born near Verjon
Of the towns nearby, Bourg-en-Bresse lists the most people: 133.
Questions about famous people from Verjon
Who counts as from Verjon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Verjon 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)
- Jérôme Lalande: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Guillaume Rufin: Robbie Mendelson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre de La Baume: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Bravet: Assemblée Nationale, 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.