Rencurel has no famous person on record yet
Of its neighbours, Saint-Marcellin, 8 mi away, lists the most: 16, François Delattre first. Famous people are on record for 165 of the towns in Isère. The longest list in Isère is Grenoble’s, with 474 names. La Tronche has the second-longest list in Isère, after Grenoble, with 68.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Rencurel (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 Rencurel yet.
Famous people born near Rencurel
The fullest list close by belongs to Saint-Marcellin, with 16.
Saint-Marcellin · 8 miFrançois Delattre & 15 moreJLSaint-Jean-en-Royans · 11 miJoseph Lamberton & 4 moreJPAutrans-Méaudre en Vercors · 5 miJordann Perret & 3 morePPVillard-de-Lans · 5 miPatrice Pellat-Finet & 1 more
Chatte · 10 miClément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin & 1 moreCBVif · 10 miClaude Sébastien Bourguignon & 1 moreGDVinay · 8 miGeorges DorlyGVClaix · 10 miGeymond VitalQuestions about famous people from Rencurel
Who counts as from Rencurel?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rencurel 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 (2)
- François Delattre: Clergier, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clément Adrien Vincendon-Dumoulin: Vincendon_dumoulin.jpg : Astrocytome ] derivative work: TCY, 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.