No famous person born in Saint-Romain-d'Ay is listed yet
Within 5 mi, Annonay lists the most: 35, with Auguste Bravais first. 85 towns across Ardèche can name a famous person born there. The longest list of any town in Ardèche belongs to Aubenas, with 51.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Romain-d'Ay (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 Saint-Romain-d'Ay yet.
Famous people born near Saint-Romain-d'Ay
The neighbour with the most names is Annonay, at 35.
Tournon-sur-Rhône · 11 miFrançois de Tournon & 31 more
Saint-Vallier · 7 miOlivier Milloud & 10 more
Bourg-Argental · 11 miFerdinand-François-Auguste Donnet & 10 moreRSTain-l'Hermitage · 11 miRobert de La Sizeranne & 3 moreWPSaint-Rambert-d'Albon · 11 miWilfride Piollet & 3 more
Davézieux · 6 miÉtienne Montgolfier & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Saint-Romain-d'Ay
Who counts as from Saint-Romain-d'Ay?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Romain-d'Ay 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)
- François de Tournon: François de Dijon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivier Milloud: Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Étienne Montgolfier: 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.