No one from Chandon is on the famous people list yet
Within 9 mi, Roanne lists the most: 120, with Cédric Si Mohamed first. The Loire lists hold names for 98 towns. The longest list of any town in Loire belongs to Saint-Étienne, with 355.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chandon (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 Chandon yet.
Famous people born near Chandon
Around it, Roanne has the most people on record, 120 of them.
Thizy-les-Bourgs · 10 miJean-Marie Roland de La Platière & 12 moreJFCharlieu · 1 miJean-Marc Ferreri & 10 more
Le Coteau · 10 miRomain Poyet & 7 moreETPouilly-sous-Charlieu · 4 miEnnemond Thoral & 1 moreLBChauffailles · 8 miLouis Boffet
Riorges · 10 miGuy RibesQuestions about famous people from Chandon
Who counts as from Chandon?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chandon 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)
- Jean-Marie Roland de La Platière: Nicolas Colibert, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Romain Poyet: Benoit-caen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Ribes: A.L., 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.