No famous person born in Thorrenc is listed yet
Annonay, 4 mi away, has 35 on its list, the best known Auguste Bravais. 85 towns across Ardèche can name a famous person born there. No town in Ardèche lists more than Aubenas, with 51.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Thorrenc (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 Thorrenc yet.
Famous people born near Thorrenc
The most names next door are in Annonay: 35.
Saint-Vallier · 5 miOlivier Milloud & 10 more
Bourg-Argental · 10 miFerdinand-François-Auguste Donnet & 10 more
Roussillon · 10 miAlfred Poizat & 5 moreWPSaint-Rambert-d'Albon · 5 miWilfride Piollet & 3 more
Davézieux · 3 miÉtienne Montgolfier & 1 moreJGChanas · 6 miJoseph Giray & 1 moreBBAnneyron · 7 miBlanche Balain & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Thorrenc
Who counts as from Thorrenc?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Thorrenc 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)
- Olivier Milloud: Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alfred Poizat: Photo Félix, 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.