Eydoche has yet to put a famous person on the list
Nearby, La Côte-Saint-André, 5 mi away, lists 6, led by Paul Genevay. Grenoble has the most of any town in Isère: 474. After Grenoble, the next longest list in Isère is La Tronche’s, with 68. 165 towns in Isère have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Eydoche (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 Eydoche yet.
Famous people born near Eydoche
The fullest list close by belongs to La Côte-Saint-André, with 6.
La Côte-Saint-André · 5 miPaul Genevay & 5 more
La Tour-du-Pin · 10 miFerdinand Reymond & 5 more
Rives · 10 miRaphaël Poirée & 4 more
Saint-Jean-de-Bournay · 10 miJoseph-Antoine Bouvard & 3 more
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs · 7 miRose Valland & 2 moreJGSaint-Siméon-de-Bressieux · 8 miJean-Louis Gervat & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Eydoche
Who counts as from Eydoche?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Eydoche 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)
- Paul Genevay: Sergio del Grande (Mondadori Publishers) [2], Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ferdinand Reymond: Joguet & ses fils, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Raphaël Poirée: Götz A. Primke from Muenchen, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph-Antoine Bouvard: Eugène Pirou, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rose Valland: Unknown, 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.