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Famous people · Fontanil-Cornillon, Isère

Fontanil-Cornillon is the birthplace of 2 famous people

Bach, the French actor and singer, is the most widely known, written about in 9 languages. The list has one more: the French politician Alban Fagot. Of its neighbours, Grenoble, 6 mi away, lists the most: 474, Stendhal first. Born in 1882, Bach is the first name on record, and Alban Fagot, born in 1916, the most recent.

#1 best knownBachFilm, TV & Stage · 1882–1953
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Bach
9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1882
Bach
Youngest
1916
Alban Fagot
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
1 person
The best known

Born in Fontanil-Cornillon

Bach#1
Film, TV & Stage

Bach

1882–1953

French actor and singer (1882-1953)

9 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
AF#2
Politics & Law

Alban Fagot

1916–1996

French politician (1916–1996)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for

What Fontanil-Cornillon is known for

Performers are the most numerous, 1 of them.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, the fullest list is Grenoble’s, at 474 names.

Questions about famous people from Fontanil-Cornillon

Who is the most famous person from Fontanil-Cornillon?

Bach (French actor and singer (1882-1953)) is the best known by our measure: 9 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alban Fagot.

How many famous people were born in Fontanil-Cornillon?

2 people born in Fontanil-Cornillon have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).

What is Fontanil-Cornillon known for?

Among its famous people, performers: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 8% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Fontanil-Cornillon?

Bach, born in 1882. The youngest on the list was born in 1916.

Who counts as from Fontanil-Cornillon?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Fontanil-Cornillon 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 (6)

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.