Famous people from Le Cheylas
No famous person on record lists Le Cheylas as their birthplace yet. The nearest list is in Pontcharra, 4 mi away: 4 names, starting with René Arnoux. In Isère, 165 towns have someone on the list. Grenoble’s 474 names make the longest list in Isère.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Cheylas (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 Le Cheylas as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Le Cheylas
Nearby, Pontcharra has the most on record, with 4.
Pontcharra · 4 miRené Arnoux & 3 more
Valgelon-La Rochette · 8 miFrançois Milan & 3 more
Montmélian · 9 miAmédée IV de Savoie & 3 moreMLVillard-Bonnot · 11 miMichel Lotito & 2 moreJRCrêts en Belledonne · 2 miJean-Pierre Raffin-Dugens & 1 more
Allevard · 4 miPierre Rambaud & 1 moreABChapareillan · 6 miAmbroise Bravet & 1 more
Le Touvet · 3 miMichel FuzellierQuestions about famous people from Le Cheylas
Who counts as from Le Cheylas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Cheylas 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)
- René Arnoux: Peter Moricz, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- François Milan: Agence Rol. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Amédée IV de Savoie: Abate Ferrero di Lavriano, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierre Rambaud: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Fuzellier: Noelfu, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
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