No famous person born in Billy is listed yet
Just Jaeckin heads the list in Vichy, 7 mi away, which has 85 names. Famous people are on record for 121 of the towns in Allier. The longest list in Allier is Montluçon’s, with 89 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Billy (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Billy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Billy
Vichy leads the towns around it, with 85 names.
Vichy · 7 miJust Jaeckin & 84 more
Cusset · 7 miPhilippe Bugalski & 15 more
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule · 9 miBlaise de Vigenère & 5 moreGMSaint-Germain-des-Fossés · 2 miGeorges Marchand & 3 more
Bellerive-sur-Allier · 8 miBruno Valencony & 3 more
Lapalisse · 10 miJeanne Labourbe & 3 more
Varennes-sur-Allier · 6 miAuguste Chérion & 2 moreGGSaint-Yorre · 11 miGuy GuillonQuestions about famous people from Billy
Who counts as from Billy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Billy 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 (6)
- Just Jaeckin: Tisourcier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Philippe Bugalski: Jean-Christophe Karsztun, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blaise de Vigenère: Thomas de Leu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruno Valencony: Lazz06, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanne Labourbe: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Auguste Chérion: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.