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Famous people · Vif, Isère

2 famous people were born in Vif from 1760 to 1877

At the top of the list is the French jurist Claude Sébastien Bourguignon, covered in 4 languages. The only other name is the French theologian Yves de La Brière. The neighbour with the longest list is Échirolles, 7 mi away: 35, led by Calogero. Claude Sébastien Bourguignon was born in 1760.

#2 best knownYves de La BrièreFaith · 1877–1941
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Claude Sébastien Bourguignon
4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1760
Claude Sébastien Bourguignon
Youngest
1877
Yves de La Brière
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known

Born in Vif

CB#1
Politics & Law

Claude Sébastien Bourguignon

1760–1829

French jurist

4 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Yves de La Brière#2
Faith

Yves de La Brière

1877–1941

French theologian (1877–1941)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for

What Vif is known for

The field with the most names is Politics & Law: 1.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Échirolles leads the towns around it, with 35 names.

Questions about famous people from Vif

Who is the most famous person from Vif?

Claude Sébastien Bourguignon (French jurist) is the best known by our measure: 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Yves de La Brière.

How many famous people were born in Vif?

2 people born in Vif have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 5 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 Vif known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vif?

Claude Sébastien Bourguignon, born in 1760. The youngest on the list was born in 1877.

Who counts as from Vif?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vif 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)

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.