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Famous people · Échirolles, Isère
Athletes stand out among the 35 famous people born in Échirolles
Most widely known is Calogero, the French-Italian singer, with articles in 22 languages. More than half were born since 1970, 35 in all. For every 10,000 residents the town has 9.3, while at least half the towns in Isère list nobody born there. The first birth on record is Calogero’s, in 1971, and the last Rémi Capron’s, in 2000.
Born here
35
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Calogero
22 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1971
Calogero
Youngest
2000
Rémi Capron
Most common field
Sports
27 people
What stands out about Échirolles’ famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Échirolles is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 4.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Échirolles’ famous people were born
More were born in the 1980s than in any other decade: 16.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawMusicFilm, TV & StageNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Échirolles
Counted by languages, Calogero is ahead of David di Tommaso and Mélissa Theuriau: 22, 22 and 21.
#2Sports
David di Tommaso
1979–2005French footballer (1979-2005)
22 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Writing & Arts
Mélissa Theuriau
born 1978French journalist
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone
Everyone else born in Échirolles
A further 32 follow, born between 1977 and 2000.
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Grenoble has the most on record, with 474.
Grenoble · 2 miStendhal & 473 more
La Tronche · 4 miMichel Barnier & 67 more
Saint-Martin-d'Hères · 3 miAnaïs Chevalier-Bouchet & 54 moreMLFontaine · 3 miMichel Lafranceschina & 3 more
Seyssinet-Pariset · 2 miMarcel TrillatGVClaix · 3 miGeymond VitalPCJarrie · 3 miPierre ClaretRRVarces-Allières-et-Risset · 4 miRené RizzardoQuestions about famous people from Échirolles
Who is the most famous person from Échirolles?
Calogero (French-Italian singer) is the best known by our measure: 22 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come David di Tommaso and Mélissa Theuriau.
How many famous people were born in Échirolles?
35 people born in Échirolles have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 43 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 Échirolles known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 27 of the 35. That is 77% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Échirolles?
Calogero, born in 1971. The youngest on the list was born in 2000.
Who counts as from Échirolles?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Échirolles 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 (24)
- David di Tommaso: Vincent Teeuwen at Flickr.com, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mélissa Theuriau: Ammar Abd Rabbo *derivative work: Keraunoscopia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandrine Aubert: Christian Jansky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vincent Clerc: Pierre-Selim, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yoric Ravet: Ludovic Péron, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Irene Curtoni: Palazzo Chigi, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kévin Aymoz: Aude Mugnier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Raphaël Quenard: Librairie Mollat, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- David Lazzaroni: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordan Pothain: DarDarCH, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hanane Mansouri: TrisHR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lucas Dupont: 34 super héros, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Élise Marc: Sport en France, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Florian Jouanny: Orphée38, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert: Jean-Luc Hauser, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fabien Alexandre: Fanny Schertzer, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Baylacq: English, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rémi Capron: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Julien Beneyton: Unickuity, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loren Capelli: Morty ke, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stendhal: Olof Johan Södermark, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Barnier: Florian David Pm, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet: Pavel Hrdlička (Czech Wikipedia user Packa ), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marcel Trillat: JuliosJulien, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.