No famous person born in Marcenat is listed yet
Just Jaeckin tops the 85 names on record in Vichy, 8 mi away. No town in Allier lists more than Montluçon, with 89. In all of Allier, the famous people on record come from 121 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Marcenat (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Marcenat as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Marcenat
Vichy has the longest list next door: 85.
Vichy · 8 miJust Jaeckin & 84 more
Cusset · 8 miPhilippe Bugalski & 15 more
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule · 7 miBlaise de Vigenère & 5 moreGMSaint-Germain-des-Fossés · 3 miGeorges Marchand & 3 more
Bellerive-sur-Allier · 8 miBruno Valencony & 3 more
Lapalisse · 11 miJeanne Labourbe & 3 more
Varennes-sur-Allier · 6 miAuguste Chérion & 2 moreQuestions about famous people from Marcenat
Who counts as from Marcenat?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Marcenat 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.