CL#1
Science & Medicine
Claude-Auguste Lamy
1820–187819th-century French chemist
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Ney, Jura
The 3 famous people born in Ney, led by Claude-Auguste Lamy
Claude-Auguste Lamy leads the list, covered in 10 languages. The French athletics competitor Christian Monneret ranks second, ahead of René-Jean Monneret. Of its neighbours, Champagnole, 1 mi away, lists the most: 13, Quentin Fillon-Maillet first. The list runs from Claude-Auguste Lamy, born in 1820, to Christian Monneret, born in 1943.
Born here
3
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Claude-Auguste Lamy
10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1820
Claude-Auguste Lamy
Youngest
1943
Christian Monneret
The best known
Born in Ney
First, Claude-Auguste Lamy (10 languages), then Christian Monneret (1) and René-Jean Monneret (1).
CM#2
Notable
Christian Monneret
born 1943French athletics competitor
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
RM#3
Notable
René-Jean Monneret
born 1937French athletics competitor (born 1937)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Ney is known for
Science & Medicine leads the fields, with 1 people.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The longest list nearby is Champagnole’s, with 13.
Questions about famous people from Ney
Who is the most famous person from Ney?
Claude-Auguste Lamy (19th-century French chemist) is the best known by our measure: 10 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Christian Monneret and René-Jean Monneret.
How many famous people were born in Ney?
3 people born in Ney have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Ney?
Claude-Auguste Lamy, born in 1820. The youngest on the list was born in 1943.
Who counts as from Ney?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Ney 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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