No one born in Aboën has made the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, Firminy, 8 mi away, lists the most: 29, Blandine Dancette first. The Loire lists hold names for 98 towns. The longest list in Loire is Saint-Étienne’s, with 355 names. Roanne has the second-longest list in Loire, after Saint-Étienne, with 120.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Aboën (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 Aboën yet.
Famous people born near Aboën
Nearby, Firminy has the most on record, with 29.
Firminy · 8 miBlandine Dancette & 28 moreGPRoche-la-Molière · 9 miGeorges Peyroche & 5 more
Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert · 9 miSylvie Bonnet & 3 more
Aurec-sur-Loire · 5 miGérard Feldzer & 2 moreLMSury-le-Comtal · 9 miLouis Martin & 1 more
Le Chambon-Feugerolles · 10 miJean Boudoint & 1 more
Monistrol-sur-Loire · 8 miYvan BourgisQuestions about famous people from Aboën
Who counts as from Aboën?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Aboën 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 (5)
- Blandine Dancette: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvie Bonnet: Marie Milan-Homolle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gérard Feldzer: Aeroceanaute, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Boudoint: Fablur, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yvan Bourgis: Poutre2brest, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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