Famous people from Le Gua
Calogero tops the 35 names on record in Échirolles, 10 mi away. Not one famous person on record comes from Le Gua yet. The longest list of any town in Isère belongs to Grenoble, with 474. After Grenoble, the next longest list in Isère is La Tronche’s, with 68.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Gua (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 Le Gua yet.
Famous people born near Le Gua
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Vizille · 8 miFlorence Masnada & 5 moreCBVif · 3 miClaude Sébastien Bourguignon & 1 morePPVillard-de-Lans · 6 miPatrice Pellat-Finet & 1 moreJSSaint-Georges-de-Commiers · 4 miJoseph-Claude-Louis Colaud de La SalcetteRRVarces-Allières-et-Risset · 6 miRené RizzardoGVClaix · 7 miGeymond VitalPCJarrie · 8 miPierre ClaretQuestions about famous people from Le Gua
Who counts as from Le Gua?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Gua 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 (1)
- Florence Masnada: Florian Pépellin, 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.