No one from Veyssilieu is on the famous people list yet
Claude-Noël Thévenin tops the 4 names on record in Crémieu, 3 mi away. 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. In all of Isère, the famous people on record come from 165 towns.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Veyssilieu (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 Veyssilieu yet.
Famous people born near Veyssilieu
Close by, Crémieu counts 4 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Veyssilieu
Who counts as from Veyssilieu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Veyssilieu 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)
- Jean Djorkaeff: COOLLYON, 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.