Les Bouchoux has yet to put a famous person on the list
The nearest list is in Saint-Claude, 7 mi away: 30 names, starting with Mevlüt Erdinç. The longest list of any town in Jura belongs to Lons-le-Saunier, with 80. After Lons-le-Saunier, the next longest list in Jura is Dole’s, with 72. In Jura, 98 towns have someone on the list.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Les Bouchoux (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 3 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Les Bouchoux as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Les Bouchoux
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Les Bouchoux, with how many people each has.
Questions about famous people from Les Bouchoux
Who counts as from Les Bouchoux?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Les Bouchoux 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)
- Mevlüt Erdinç: PSGMAG.NET, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Boulaye Dia: Bigmatbasket, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jacques Benoit-Gonnin: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl ., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Édouard Andrea: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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