No one from Le Chaffal is on the famous people list yet
For more famous names, Bourg-de-Péage is 12 mi away: its list has 13, led by Romain Ghanem Saïss. 86 towns in Drôme have at least one famous person on record. Valence’s 115 names make the longest list in Drôme. After Valence, the next longest list in Drôme is Montélimar’s, with 66.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Chaffal (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 Le Chaffal yet.
Famous people born near Le Chaffal
Bourg-de-Péage leads the towns around it, with 13 names.
Questions about famous people from Le Chaffal
Who counts as from Le Chaffal?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Chaffal 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 (1)
- Romain Ghanem Saïss: Nawfel Ajari, 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.