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Famous people · Yssingeaux, Haute-Loire

12 famous people from Yssingeaux, many of them leaders

At the top of the list is the French politician Jacques Barrot, covered in 24 languages. Behind the leader come Augustin Michel and Cristine Guinamand. Only 2 towns in Haute-Loire list more. The largest group, 5, was born between the Revolution and the Second Empire.

#1 best knownJacques BarrotPolitics & Law · 1937–2014
+8more
Born here
12
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jacques Barrot
24 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1768
Gaspard Chevalier-Lemore
Youngest
1974
Cristine Guinamand
Most common field
Politics & Law
8 people

What stands out about Yssingeaux’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Yssingeaux is known for

Yssingeaux has 2.8× the usual share of leaders.

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

The best known

Born in Yssingeaux

By how many languages cover them, Jacques Barrot comes first (24), then Augustin Michel (3) and Cristine Guinamand (3).

Jacques Barrot#1
Politics & Law

Jacques Barrot

1937–2014

French politician (1937–2014)

24 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Augustin Michel#2
Politics & Law

Augustin Michel

1882–1970

French politician (1882-1970)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Cristine Guinamand#3
Writing & Arts

Cristine Guinamand

born 1974

French painter

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

When Yssingeaux’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 1.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th century17501800185019001950Marie Joseph Louis Dominique de CastelliGaspard Chevalier-LemoreCristine Guinamand
Politics & LawMilitaryWriting & ArtsSports

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Yssingeaux

9 more, best known first.

MC

Marie Joseph Louis Dominique de Castelli

1856–1933

French soldier and poet (1856-1933)

VD

Victor Duchamp

1815–1887

French politician, lawyer and notary (1815-1887)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Dunières’, at 6 names.

Questions about famous people from Yssingeaux

Who is the most famous person from Yssingeaux?

Jacques Barrot (French politician (1937–2014)) is the best known by our measure: 24 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Augustin Michel and Cristine Guinamand.

How many famous people were born in Yssingeaux?

12 people born in Yssingeaux have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 13 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 Yssingeaux known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 8 of the 12. That is 67% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Yssingeaux?

Gaspard Chevalier-Lemore, born in 1768. The youngest on the list was born in 1974.

Who counts as from Yssingeaux?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Yssingeaux 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 (6)

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.