No famous person from Champanges yet, but Évian-les-Bains next door has 26
Across Haute-Savoie, the lists cover 86 towns. Annecy’s 210 names make the longest list in Haute-Savoie. After Annecy, the next longest list in Haute-Savoie is Sallanches’, with 53. The best known born in Évian-les-Bains is Camille Bened.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Champanges (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 Champanges yet.
Famous people born near Champanges
The fullest list close by belongs to Évian-les-Bains, with 26.
Questions about famous people from Champanges
Who counts as from Champanges?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Champanges 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 (2)
- Line Burquier: Hoebele, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Zbinden: Marc Zbinden . J'ai numérisé une photo de famille datant de 1910., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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