Beauchastel has yet to put a famous person on the list
Paul Ricœur heads the list in Valence, 8 mi away, which has 115 names. No town in Ardèche lists more than Aubenas, with 51. After Aubenas, the next longest list in Ardèche is Annonay’s, with 35. Across Ardèche, 85 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Beauchastel (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 Beauchastel as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Beauchastel
Valence leads the towns around it, with 115 names.
La Voulte-sur-Rhône · 2 miBernard Janvier & 5 moreÉMLoriol-sur-Drôme · 5 miÉtienne Martin & 5 moreLJÉtoile-sur-Rhône · 4 miLucien Junillon & 2 moreHSSaint-Péray · 8 miHector de Soubeyran de Saint-Prix & 2 more
Portes-lès-Valence · 5 miMarcelle Vioux & 1 morePBCharmes-sur-Rhône · 3 miPaul BellinQuestions about famous people from Beauchastel
Who counts as from Beauchastel?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Beauchastel 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)
- Bernard Janvier: XVIII Airborne Corps photograph DS-F-324-32 by SGT Nathan Webster, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcelle Vioux: Le Jardin des lettres, 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.