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Notable
Dimitri Ferlay
born 1990French volleyball player
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Famous people · Margès, Drôme
Margès has one famous person on record
In 1990, the French volleyball player Dimitri Ferlay was born. An article about them exists in one language. The neighbour with the longest list is Romans-sur-Isère, 6 mi away: 44, led by Érik Comas. 86 towns across Drôme can name a famous person born there.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Dimitri Ferlay
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1990
Dimitri Ferlay
The best known
Born in Margès
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Famous people from the towns next door
Around it, Romans-sur-Isère has the most people on record, 44 of them.
Romans-sur-Isère · 6 miÉrik Comas & 43 more
Tournon-sur-Rhône · 11 miFrançois de Tournon & 31 more
Bourg-de-Péage · 7 miRomain Ghanem Saïss & 12 more
Saint-Vallier · 11 miOlivier Milloud & 10 moreRSTain-l'Hermitage · 11 miRobert de La Sizeranne & 3 moreCCSaint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse · 3 miCharles-Marie Chabert & 2 more
Peyrins · 3 miNathalie ArthaudJQAlixan · 11 miJérôme François QuiotQuestions about famous people from Margès
Who is the most famous person from Margès?
Dimitri Ferlay (French volleyball player) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Margès?
1 people born in Margès have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Who counts as from Margès?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Margès 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 de Tournon: François de Dijon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Romain Ghanem Saïss: Nawfel Ajari, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivier Milloud: Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.