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Famous people · Chabeuil, Drôme

Chabeuil’s famous people span 444 years: 4 births from 1536 to 1980

At the top of the list is the French lawyer and politician Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu, covered in 5 languages. The first Lady of Guinea Lauriane Doumbouya ranks second, ahead of Jean Espérance Blandine de Laurencin. Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu was born in 1749. Only 13 of the 86 towns in Drôme with anyone on record list more.

#2 best knownLauriane DoumbouyaNotable · born 1980
+2more
Born here
4
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1536
Ennemond Bonnefoy
Youngest
1980
Lauriane Doumbouya
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Chabeuil

Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu, Lauriane Doumbouya and Jean Espérance Blandine de Laurencin are written about in 5, 4 and 3 languages.

JG#1
Politics & Law

Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu

1749–1804

French lawyer and politician

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Lauriane Doumbouya#2
Notable

Lauriane Doumbouya

born 1980

First Lady of Guinea

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Jean Espérance Blandine de Laurencin#3
Writing & Arts

Jean Espérance Blandine de Laurencin

1740–1812

French poet, fabulist

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Chabeuil’s famous people were born

The 1740s alone account for 2 of the births charted here.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th century16001700180019002000Ennemond BonnefoyJean-Joseph-Victor GenissieuLauriane Doumbouya
Politics & LawNotableWriting & Arts

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Chabeuil is known for

Share of Chabeuil’s famous people in each field.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Chabeuil

1 more, best known first.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Nearby, Valence has the most on record, with 115.

Questions about famous people from Chabeuil

Who is the most famous person from Chabeuil?

Jean-Joseph-Victor Genissieu (French lawyer and politician) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Lauriane Doumbouya and Jean Espérance Blandine de Laurencin.

How many famous people were born in Chabeuil?

4 people born in Chabeuil have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 6 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Chabeuil known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 4. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Chabeuil?

Ennemond Bonnefoy, born in 1536. The youngest on the list was born in 1980.

Who counts as from Chabeuil?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chabeuil 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)

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.