No one from Le Percy is on the famous people list yet
Just 10 mi away, La Mure’s list holds 19 names, Pierre-Julien Eymard the best known. 165 towns in Isère have at least one famous person on record. The longest list of any town in Isère belongs to Grenoble, with 474. La Tronche has the second-longest list in Isère, after Grenoble, with 68.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Percy (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 Percy yet.
Famous people born near Le Percy
The longest list nearby is La Mure’s, with 19.
Questions about famous people from Le Percy
Who counts as from Le Percy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Le Percy 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)
- Pierre-Julien Eymard: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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