No famous person born in Messigny-et-Vantoux is listed yet
Gustave Eiffel heads the list in Dijon, 6 mi away, which has 431 names. No town in Côte-d'Or lists more than Dijon, with 431. After Dijon, the next longest list in Côte-d'Or is Beaune’s, with 59. Famous people are on record for 140 of the towns in Côte-d'Or.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Messigny-et-Vantoux (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 Messigny-et-Vantoux as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Messigny-et-Vantoux
Close by, Dijon counts 431 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Messigny-et-Vantoux
Who counts as from Messigny-et-Vantoux?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Messigny-et-Vantoux 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)
- Gustave Eiffel: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bernard de Clairvaux: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alphonse Favier: Congregación de la Misión, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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