Vers has yet to put a famous person on the list
The neighbour with the longest list is Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, 5 mi away: 20, led by Younès Kaboul. The Haute-Savoie lists hold names for 86 towns. No town in Haute-Savoie lists more than Annecy, with 210. After Annecy, the next longest list in Haute-Savoie is Sallanches’, with 53.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Vers (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 Vers yet.
Famous people born near Vers
The longest list nearby is Saint-Julien-en-Genevois’, with 20.
Saint-Julien-en-Genevois · 5 miYounès Kaboul & 19 moreJDValserhône · 10 miJacques Dessemme & 7 more
Cruseilles · 6 miLouis Armand & 1 more
Sillingy · 10 miJust Songeon & 1 more
Valleiry · 3 miAlphonse Chautemps
Beaumont · 4 miAndré TaponierLTLa Balme-de-Sillingy · 9 miLéon-Albert TerrierENGroisy · 9 miErnest NycollinQuestions about famous people from Vers
Who counts as from Vers?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vers 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)
- Younès Kaboul: James Boyes, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Armand: Inconnu, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Just Songeon: Inconnu, début des années 1920, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alphonse Chautemps: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- André Taponier: André Taponier (1869-1930), 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.