No famous person born in Bellecombe is listed yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Saint-Claude, 6 mi away: 30, led by Mevlüt Erdinç. 98 towns in Jura have at least one famous person on record. Lons-le-Saunier’s 80 names make the longest list in Jura. After Lons-le-Saunier, the next longest list in Jura is Dole’s, with 72.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Bellecombe (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 Bellecombe yet.
Famous people born near Bellecombe
Saint-Claude has the longest list next door: 30.
Saint-Claude · 6 miMevlüt Erdinç & 29 moreJPDivonne-les-Bains · 11 miJacqueline Porel & 4 moreMMFerney-Voltaire · 10 miMichel Meylan & 3 more
Gex · 7 miAmédée Girod de l'Ain & 2 more
Thoiry · 6 miJacques Benoit-Gonnin & 1 more
Prévessin-Moëns · 9 miÉmile Guers & 1 more
Cessy · 8 miJean-Louis Girod de l'Ain
Arbent · 11 miÉdouard AndreaQuestions about famous people from Bellecombe
Who counts as from Bellecombe?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bellecombe 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 (6)
- Mevlüt Erdinç: PSGMAG.NET, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Amédée Girod de l'Ain: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Benoit-Gonnin: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl ., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Émile Guers: Atelier Boissonnas, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Louis Girod de l'Ain: anonymous, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Édouard Andrea: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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