No one from Chamole is on the famous people list yet
The neighbour with the longest list is Arbois, 5 mi away: 20, led by Frère León. Famous people are on record for 98 of the towns in Jura. The longest list in Jura is Lons-le-Saunier’s, with 80 names. Dole has the second-longest list in Jura, after Lons-le-Saunier, with 72.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chamole (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 Chamole yet.
Famous people born near Chamole
Close by, the fullest list is Arbois’, at 20 names.
Questions about famous people from Chamole
Who counts as from Chamole?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chamole 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)
- Quentin Fillon-Maillet: Pavel Hrdlička (Czech Wikipedia user Packa ), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean-Pierre Travot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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