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Famous people · Die, Drôme

22 famous people were born in Die from 1758 to 2000

Articles in 7 languages make the French cyclist Titouan Carod the best known. 7 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. For every 10,000 residents there are 45.4 on the list, well above the typical Drôme town’s 2.8. More are leaders than anything else, 7 in all.

#1 best knownTitouan CarodSports · born 1994
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Born here
22
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Titouan Carod
7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1758
Joseph-Bernard Lagier de La Condamine
Youngest
2000
Bérénice Fulchiron
Most common field
Politics & Law
7 people

What stands out about Die’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Die’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 4 in all.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th centuryToday175018001850190019502000Titouan CarodMarc Monchal
Politics & LawSportsNotableScience & MedicineWriting & ArtsMilitaryFilm, TV & StageFaith

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

The best known

Born in Die

Ranked by languages covered: Titouan Carod with 7, then Marc Monchal with 6 and Christophe Cavard with 4.

Titouan Carod#1
Sports

Titouan Carod

born 1994

French cyclist

7 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Marc Monchal#2
Military

Marc Monchal

1935–2020

French general

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Christophe Cavard#3
Politics & Law

Christophe Cavard

born 1970

French politician

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Die is known for

Set against the usual town, scientists and doctors come out 1.9 times as common.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Die

The rest number 19, with 6 leaders among them.

CG

Candice Gherbi

born 1995

French association football player

JC

Joseph-Bernard Lagier de La Condamine

1758–1823

French politician (1758-1823)

Questions about famous people from Die

Who is the most famous person from Die?

Titouan Carod (French cyclist) is the best known by our measure: 7 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Marc Monchal and Christophe Cavard.

How many famous people were born in Die?

22 people born in Die have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 28 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 Die known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 7 of the 22. That is 32% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Die?

Joseph-Bernard Lagier de La Condamine, born in 1758. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.

Who counts as from Die?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Die 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 (10)

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.