Next door to Sarras, Annonay lists 35 famous people
The list for Sarras is empty for now. The longest list in Ardèche is Aubenas’, with 51 names. 85 towns in Ardèche have at least one famous person on record. Annonay’s list is led by Auguste Bravais.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sarras (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 Sarras as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Sarras
Of the towns around it, Annonay has the most on record: 35.
Tournon-sur-Rhône · 9 miFrançois de Tournon & 31 more
Saint-Vallier · 1 miOlivier Milloud & 10 moreWPSaint-Rambert-d'Albon · 7 miWilfride Piollet & 3 moreRSTain-l'Hermitage · 8 miRobert de La Sizeranne & 3 moreCCSaint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse · 10 miCharles-Marie Chabert & 2 more
Davézieux · 7 miÉtienne Montgolfier & 1 moreBBAnneyron · 7 miBlanche Balain & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Sarras
Who counts as from Sarras?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sarras 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)
- François de Tournon: François de Dijon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivier Milloud: Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.