Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0No famous person yet from Villette-d'Anthon
Go 4 mi to Charvieu-Chavagneux and the list grows to 3, with Jean Djorkaeff at the top. Grenoble has the most of any town in Isère: 474. After Grenoble, the next longest list in Isère is La Tronche’s, with 68. In Isère, 165 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Villette-d'Anthon (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 Villette-d'Anthon yet.
Famous people born near Villette-d'Anthon
Of the towns nearby, Charvieu-Chavagneux lists the most people: 3.
Questions about famous people from Villette-d'Anthon
Who counts as from Villette-d'Anthon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Villette-d'Anthon 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)
- Jean Djorkaeff: COOLLYON, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Parédès: Studio Harcourt, 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.