No one born in Voissant has made the famous people list yet
The Isère lists hold names for 165 towns. Go 10 mi to Voiron and the list grows to 30, with Mélina Robert-Michon at the top. No town in Isère lists more than Grenoble, with 474. La Tronche has the second-longest list in Isère, after Grenoble, with 68.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Voissant (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Voissant as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Voissant
Close by, Voiron counts 30 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Voissant
Who counts as from Voissant?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Voissant 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)
- Mélina Robert-Michon: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Charles Berty: H. Ramus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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