Famous people near Raynans: 83 in Montbéliard
Not one famous person on record comes from Raynans yet. Besançon has the most of any town in Doubs: 407. In Doubs, 117 towns have someone on the list. The best known born in Montbéliard is René Thom.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Raynans (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 Raynans yet.
Famous people born near Raynans
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Montbéliard · 4 miRené Thom & 82 more
Héricourt · 3 miJean-Luc Lagarce & 20 more
Audincourt · 7 miBenoît Pedretti & 14 moreJVGrand-Charmont · 5 miJean Vernier & 1 moreMJSochaux · 5 miMichel Jacques & 1 more
Exincourt · 6 miJacques Fatton & 1 moreAMBavans · 4 miAlain MarconnetNZBethoncourt · 4 miNora ZaïdiQuestions about famous people from Raynans
Who counts as from Raynans?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Raynans 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)
- René Thom: Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Luc Lagarce: Babelio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benoît Pedretti: mikeguib, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Fatton: Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 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.