No one from Geyssans is on the famous people list yet
Within 5 mi, Romans-sur-Isère lists the most: 44, with Érik Comas first. Valence’s 115 names make the longest list in Drôme. After Valence, the next longest list in Drôme is Montélimar’s, with 66. Across Drôme, 86 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Geyssans (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 Geyssans yet.
Famous people born near Geyssans
The fullest list close by belongs to Romans-sur-Isère, with 44.
Romans-sur-Isère · 5 miÉrik Comas & 43 more
Saint-Marcellin · 11 miFrançois Delattre & 15 more
Bourg-de-Péage · 6 miRomain Ghanem Saïss & 12 moreJLSaint-Jean-en-Royans · 12 miJoseph Lamberton & 4 moreCCSaint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse · 6 miCharles-Marie Chabert & 2 more
Chatte · 9 miClément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin & 1 more
Peyrins · 3 miNathalie ArthaudJQAlixan · 10 miJérôme François QuiotQuestions about famous people from Geyssans
Who counts as from Geyssans?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Geyssans 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)
- Érik Comas: Nuvolari72, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Delattre: Clergier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Romain Ghanem Saïss: Nawfel Ajari, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin: Vincendon_dumoulin.jpg : Astrocytome ] derivative work: TCY, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nathalie Arthaud: Kokluts, 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.