Famous people from Chantesse
Within 9 mi, Saint-Marcellin lists the most: 16, with François Delattre first. No famous person has yet been confirmed as born in Chantesse. Across Isère, the lists cover 165 towns. Grenoble has the most of any town in Isère: 474.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chantesse (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 Chantesse yet.
Famous people born near Chantesse
Close by, Saint-Marcellin counts 16 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Saint-Marcellin · 9 miFrançois Delattre & 15 moreTFTullins · 4 miThierry Frémaux & 7 more
Rives · 8 miRaphaël Poirée & 4 moreJPAutrans-Méaudre en Vercors · 7 miJordann Perret & 3 more
Voreppe · 10 miJacques Gay & 3 more
Moirans · 8 miJoseph Pâris Duverney & 2 more
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs · 8 miRose Valland & 2 moreGDVinay · 3 miGeorges DorlyQuestions about famous people from Chantesse
Who counts as from Chantesse?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chantesse 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)
- François Delattre: Clergier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raphaël Poirée: Götz A. Primke from Muenchen, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Gay: Jacques Gay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Pâris Duverney: Louis Michel van Loo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rose Valland: Unknown, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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