Famous people near Chagey: 145 in Belfort
No famous person on record lists Chagey as their birthplace yet. Vesoul’s 86 names make the longest list in Haute-Saône. After Vesoul, the next longest list in Haute-Saône is Gray’s, with 40. Across Haute-Saône, the lists cover 88 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chagey (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 Chagey yet.
Famous people born near Chagey
The fullest list close by belongs to Belfort, with 145.
Montbéliard · 8 miRené Thom & 82 more
Héricourt · 3 miJean-Luc Lagarce & 20 more
Valdoie · 6 miAndré Maschinot & 2 more
Champagney · 7 miMaurice Ehlinger & 2 morePPEssert · 4 miPierre Joseph Petit & 1 more
Bavilliers · 5 miJean-Michel Villaumé & 1 moreJVGrand-Charmont · 7 miJean Vernier & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Chagey
Who counts as from Chagey?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chagey 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)
- René Thom: Konrad Jacobs, Erlangen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Luc Lagarce: Babelio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André Maschinot: Philippe Maschinot, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Ehlinger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Michel Villaumé: Benjetpascal, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
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