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Famous people · Lure, Haute-Saône
10 famous people from Lure, many of them writers and artists
Thibaut Pinot, the French racing cyclist, is the most widely known, written about in 34 languages. The French judoka Ghislain Lemaire ranks second, ahead of Éric Kayser. The first birth on record is Claude François Bruno Siblot’s, in 1752, and the last Thibaut Pinot’s, in 1990. Per head, the list is long: 12.7 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in Haute-Saône has 7.
Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Thibaut Pinot
34 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1752
Claude François Bruno Siblot
Youngest
1990
Thibaut Pinot
Most common field
Writing & Arts
4 people
What stands out about Lure’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Lure is known for
Lure has 1.6× the usual share of writers and artists.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Lure’s famous people were born
The 1970s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
Writing & ArtsSportsPolitics & LawScience & Medicine
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Lure
Thibaut Pinot has articles in 34 languages, Ghislain Lemaire in 12 and Éric Kayser in 5.
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Everyone else born in Lure
Another 7, the earliest born in 1752.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Close by, the fullest list is Luxeuil-les-Bains’, at 27 names.
Questions about famous people from Lure
Who is the most famous person from Lure?
Thibaut Pinot (French racing cyclist) is the best known by our measure: 34 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Ghislain Lemaire and Éric Kayser.
How many famous people were born in Lure?
10 people born in Lure have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 29 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 Lure known for?
Among its famous people, writers and artists: 4 of the 10. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Lure?
Claude François Bruno Siblot, born in 1752. The youngest on the list was born in 1990.
Who counts as from Lure?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Lure 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 (4)
- Éric Kayser: [1], CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jérémy Mathieu: Lucio fr – Luc-Éric Manneville, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Mathey: Totomardeche, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maurice Ehlinger: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, 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.