Famous people near Bief: 15 in Audincourt
No famous person on record lists Bief as their birthplace yet. In all of Doubs, the famous people on record come from 117 towns. The longest list of any town in Doubs belongs to Besançon, with 407. After Besançon, the next longest list in Doubs is Montbéliard’s, with 83.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bief (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 Bief yet.
Famous people born near Bief
The fullest list close by belongs to Audincourt, with 15.
Audincourt · 11 miBenoît Pedretti & 14 more
Valentigney · 10 miJules Goux & 7 moreHRPont-de-Roide-Vermondans · 4 miHenry Racamier & 2 more
Hérimoncourt · 9 miJean Pierre Mégnin & 2 moreÉRSeloncourt · 10 miÉlisabeth Renaud & 2 morePMMaîche · 5 miPierre Mariotte & 1 more
Charquemont · 8 miVincent Petit & 1 more
Mandeure · 9 miFrédéric Macler & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Bief
Who counts as from Bief?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bief 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 (5)
- Benoît Pedretti: mikeguib, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Goux: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Pierre Mégnin: Auteur inconnu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Petit: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frédéric Macler: Unknown photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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