No famous person from Étobon yet, but Belfort next door has 145
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. 88 of the towns in Haute-Saône list at least one person. The best known born in Belfort is Tahar Rahim.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Étobon (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 Étobon yet.
Famous people born near Étobon
The fullest list close by belongs to Belfort, with 145.
Héricourt · 6 miJean-Luc Lagarce & 20 moreTPLure · 9 miThibaut Pinot & 9 more
Ronchamp · 4 miFrançois Mathey & 5 more
Champagney · 4 miMaurice Ehlinger & 2 more
Valdoie · 8 miAndré Maschinot & 2 morePPEssert · 7 miPierre Joseph Petit & 1 more
Bavilliers · 8 miJean-Michel Villaumé & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Étobon
Who counts as from Étobon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Étobon 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)
- Jean-Luc Lagarce: Babelio, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Mathey: Totomardeche, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
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