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Famous people · Vizille, Isère

Vizille is the birthplace of 6 famous people

The best known is the French alpine skier Florence Masnada, with articles in 17 languages. Most were born between 1914 and 1969: 4 of them. Born in 1840, Camille Alphonse Faure is the first name on record, and Florence Masnada, born in 1968, the most recent. Fewer than a quarter of the 165 towns in Isère with famous people list more.

#1 best knownFlorence MasnadaSports · born 1968
+4more
Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Florence Masnada
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1840
Camille Alphonse Faure
Youngest
1968
Florence Masnada
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known

Born in Vizille

First, Florence Masnada (17 languages), then Camille Alphonse Faure (11) and Alain Carignon (6).

Florence Masnada#1
Sports

Florence Masnada

born 1968

French alpine skier

17 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
CF#2
Science & Medicine

Camille Alphonse Faure

1840–1898

French chemist (1840-1898)

11 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Alain Carignon#3
Politics & Law

Alain Carignon

born 1949

Conservative French politician and former mayor of Grenoble

6 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Through the years

When Vizille’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1930s, at 2.

Revolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th century185019001950Simone D'AillencourtVictor-Eugène Ardouin-DumazetAlain Carignon
Writing & ArtsSportsScience & MedicinePolitics & LawFilm, TV & Stage

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Vizille is known for

Writing & Arts leads the fields, with 2 people.

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

Everyone

Everyone else born in Vizille

Still to come: 3 more, from 1852 to 1932.

SD

Simone D'Aillencourt

1930–2017

French model (1930-2017)

Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

The neighbour with the most names is Saint-Martin-d'Hères, at 55.

Questions about famous people from Vizille

Who is the most famous person from Vizille?

Florence Masnada (French alpine skier) is the best known by our measure: 17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Camille Alphonse Faure and Alain Carignon.

How many famous people were born in Vizille?

6 people born in Vizille have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 9 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 Vizille known for?

Among its famous people, writers and artists: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 25% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Vizille?

Camille Alphonse Faure, born in 1840. The youngest on the list was born in 1968.

Who counts as from Vizille?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Vizille 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 (4)

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.