No one from Lavilledieu is on the famous people list yet
Just 4 mi away, Aubenas’ list holds 51 names, Amandine Leynaud the best known. In all of Ardèche, the famous people on record come from 85 towns. The longest list of any town in Ardèche belongs to Aubenas, with 51. Annonay has the second-longest list in Ardèche, after Aubenas, with 35.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Lavilledieu (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 Lavilledieu as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Lavilledieu
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Lavilledieu, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Lavilledieu
Who counts as from Lavilledieu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lavilledieu 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 (3)
- Amandine Leynaud: los_bandito_anthony, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Augustin Barruel: Barruel, Augustin, S.J. (1741-1820) (depicted), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jocelyne Villeton: Michel VILLETON, 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.


