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Politics & Law
Raymond Tourrain
1924–2000French politician (1924–2000)
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Larnod, Doubs
2 famous people were born in Larnod
Raymond Tourrain, the French politician, is the most widely known, written about in 3 languages. The other is Gabriel Dormois, the French association football player. A short trip away, Besançon (4 mi) counts 407 famous people, Victor Hugo among them. Over 8 years of births, the list goes from Gabriel Dormois (1916) to Raymond Tourrain (1924).
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Raymond Tourrain
3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1916
Gabriel Dormois
Youngest
1924
Raymond Tourrain
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known
Born in Larnod
GD#2
Sports
Gabriel Dormois
1916–2003French association football player (1916-2003)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Larnod is known for
Share of Larnod’s famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Besançon, with 407.
Questions about famous people from Larnod
Who is the most famous person from Larnod?
Raymond Tourrain (French politician (1924–2000)) is the best known by our measure: 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Gabriel Dormois.
How many famous people were born in Larnod?
2 people born in Larnod have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Larnod known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Larnod?
Gabriel Dormois, born in 1916. The youngest on the list was born in 1924.
Who counts as from Larnod?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Larnod 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)
- Victor Hugo: Étienne Carjat, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gustave Courbet: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Camille Guy: Mme C. Moutet-Cholé, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Bas: Jean-Christophe Bas, CC BY 4.0, 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.