#1Rives counts 5 famous people, first among them Raphaël Poirée
The best known is the French biathlete Raphaël Poirée, with articles in 29 languages. Séraphin Buisset, the French politician, comes second, with Clément Mégé third. For every 10,000 residents the town has 7.6, while at least half the towns in Isère list nobody born there. More are leaders than anything else, 2 in all.
Born in Rives
By how many languages cover them, Raphaël Poirée comes first (29), then Séraphin Buisset (3) and Clément Mégé (2).
#1Séraphin Buisset
1870–1949French politician (1870–1949)
Clément Mégé
1881–2000French film actor
When Rives’ famous people were born
The 1970s alone account for 1 of the births charted here.
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
What Rives is known for
Share of Rives’ famous people in each field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Everyone else born in Rives
Still to come: 2 more, from 1862 to 1904.


No one matches both filters.
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Voiron’s, with 30.
Questions about famous people from Rives
Who is the most famous person from Rives?
Raphaël Poirée (French biathlete) is the best known by our measure: 29 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Séraphin Buisset and Clément Mégé.
How many famous people were born in Rives?
5 people born in Rives have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 10 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Rives known for?
Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 5. That is 40% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Rives?
Victor Blanchet, born in 1862. The youngest on the list was born in 1974.
Who counts as from Rives?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Rives 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)
- Raphaël Poirée: Götz A. Primke from Muenchen, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Perrot: identité, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Victor Blanchet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Mélina Robert-Michon: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Pâris Duverney: Louis Michel van Loo, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rose Valland: Unknown, 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.


