Sarcenas has yet to put a famous person on the list
Of its neighbours, La Tronche, 5 mi away, lists the most: 68, Michel Barnier first. Grenoble has the most of any town in Isère: 474. 165 towns in Isère have at least one famous person on record.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Sarcenas (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 Sarcenas yet.
Famous people born near Sarcenas
La Tronche leads the towns around it, with 68 names.
La Tronche · 5 miMichel Barnier & 67 more
Voreppe · 6 miJacques Gay & 3 more
Corenc · 4 miJules Flandrin & 1 more
Meylan · 4 miGabriel de Mortillet & 1 moreJPSaint-Égrève · 5 miJean Pinsello & 1 more
Fontanil-Cornillon · 5 miBach & 1 morePGSaint-Ismier · 4 miPétrus GourinFRSaint-Martin-le-Vinoux · 5 miFrédéric RauhQuestions about famous people from Sarcenas
Who counts as from Sarcenas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sarcenas 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)
- Michel Barnier: Florian David Pm, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Gay: Jacques Gay, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jules Flandrin: Jules Flandrin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gabriel de Mortillet: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bach: Éliane Daphy / Institut Interdisciplinaire d'Anthropologie du Contemporain / National Center for Scientific Research, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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