Photo: Anthony Levrot · CC BY-SA 4.0No one from Bernin is on the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, La Tronche, 7 mi away, lists the most: 68, Michel Barnier first. In all of Isère, the famous people on record come from 165 towns. Grenoble’s 474 names make the longest list in Isère.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bernin (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bernin as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Bernin
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from Bernin
Who counts as from Bernin?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bernin 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)
- Michel Barnier: Florian David Pm, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriel de Mortillet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Flandrin: Jules Flandrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casimir Arvet-Touvet: not specified, 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.