No famous person born in Belfahy is listed yet
Within 11 mi, Belfort lists the most: 145, with Tahar Rahim first. No town in Haute-Saône lists more than Vesoul, with 86. Gray has the second-longest list in Haute-Saône, after Vesoul, with 40. 88 towns across Haute-Saône can name a famous person born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Belfahy (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Belfahy as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Belfahy
Nearby, Belfort has the most on record, with 145.
Ronchamp · 7 miFrançois Mathey & 5 moreJDRupt-sur-Moselle · 11 miJean Desbordes & 4 more
Masevaux-Niederbruck · 12 miJacques-Louis Battmann & 3 more
Champagney · 6 miMaurice Ehlinger & 2 more
Valdoie · 9 miAndré Maschinot & 2 morePPEssert · 11 miPierre Joseph Petit & 1 more
Bavilliers · 12 miJean-Michel Villaumé & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Belfahy
Who counts as from Belfahy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Belfahy 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)
- François Mathey: Totomardeche, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques-Louis Battmann: Hermann Raunheim, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Ehlinger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Maschinot: Philippe Maschinot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Michel Villaumé: Benjetpascal, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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.