Famous people from Cuzieu
Nearby, Chazelles-sur-Lyon, 7 mi away, lists 7, led by Alain Rousset. No famous person on record lists Cuzieu as their birthplace yet. 98 of the towns in Loire list at least one person. The longest list in Loire is Saint-Étienne’s, with 355 names.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Cuzieu (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 Cuzieu yet.
Famous people born near Cuzieu
Of the towns nearby, Chazelles-sur-Lyon lists the most people: 7.
Chazelles-sur-Lyon · 7 miAlain Rousset & 6 more
Saint-Galmier · 3 miAntoine Ravel & 4 more
Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert · 8 miSylvie Bonnet & 3 more
Veauche · 3 miFrançoise Héritier & 2 moreLMSury-le-Comtal · 6 miLouis Martin & 1 moreJCAndrézieux-Bouthéon · 5 miJean-Louis ChazelleRGSaint-Romain-le-Puy · 8 miRoger GuillaumeFGSaint-Héand · 8 miFrédéric GirerdQuestions about famous people from Cuzieu
Who counts as from Cuzieu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Cuzieu 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)
- Alain Rousset: Jean.Castera, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Ravel: Henri Manuel, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sylvie Bonnet: Marie Milan-Homolle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Françoise Héritier: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.