Champdieu has no famous person on record yet
Go 3 mi to Montbrison and the list grows to 53, with Pierre Boulez at the top. 98 of the towns in Loire list at least one person. Saint-Étienne has the most of any town in Loire: 355. After Saint-Étienne, the next longest list in Loire is Roanne’s, with 120.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Champdieu (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Champdieu as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Champdieu
Around it, Montbrison has the most people on record, 53 of them.
Questions about famous people from Champdieu
Who counts as from Champdieu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Champdieu 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 (3)
- Pierre Boulez: Franganillo, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Franck Montagny: David Merrett from Daventry, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Marie Terray: Alexandre Roslin (1718-1793)., Public domain, 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.