No one from Cuisia is on the famous people list yet
Just 12 mi away, Lons-le-Saunier’s list holds 80 names, Jean-François Stévenin the best known. Across Jura, the lists cover 98 towns. Lons-le-Saunier has the most of any town in Jura: 80. 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 Cuisia (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 Cuisia yet.
Famous people born near Cuisia
Close by, Lons-le-Saunier counts 80 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
Questions about famous people from Cuisia
Who counts as from Cuisia?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cuisia 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 (1)
- Jean Grémion: PODZO DI BORGO, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.