#1Notable
Blandine Dancette
born 1988French handball player
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Famous people · Firminy, Loire
Athletes stand out among the 29 famous people born in Firminy
The best known is the French handball player Blandine Dancette, with articles in 21 languages. Behind the leader come Anthony Losilla and Léo Pétrot. Since 1970, 15 were born, the most of any period. Born in 1870, Louise Faure-Favier is the first name on record, and Mélissa Bethi, born in 2005, the most recent.
Born here
29
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Blandine Dancette
21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1870
Louise Faure-Favier
Youngest
2005
Mélissa Bethi
Most common field
Sports
12 people
What stands out about Firminy’s famous people
★ What stands out · Known for
What Firminy is known for
The field furthest above the usual share is athletes, at 2.2 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Through the years
When Firminy’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1980s than in any other ten years, 8 in all.
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsFilm, TV & StageNotableMusicBusinessMilitaryScience & MedicineFaith
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Firminy
The three are covered in 21, 15 and 13 languages: Blandine Dancette, Anthony Losilla and Léo Pétrot.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Firminy
A further 26 follow, born between 1870 and 2005.
Henri-Xavier Arquillière
1883–1956French Catholic priest and theologian (1883-1956)
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Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Nearby, Saint-Étienne has the most on record, with 355.
Saint-Étienne · 6 miWilly Sagnol & 354 moreGPRoche-la-Molière · 3 miGeorges Peyroche & 5 more
La Ricamarie · 4 miAdel Chedli & 5 more
Aurec-sur-Loire · 4 miGérard Feldzer & 2 more
Le Chambon-Feugerolles · 2 miJean Boudoint & 1 moreHFSaint-Didier-en-Velay · 6 miHenri de Saignard de La Fressange & 1 moreBNSaint-Genest-Lerpt · 5 miBlaise NeyretQuestions about famous people from Firminy
Who is the most famous person from Firminy?
Blandine Dancette (French handball player) is the best known by our measure: 21 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Anthony Losilla and Léo Pétrot.
How many famous people were born in Firminy?
29 people born in Firminy have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 43 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.
What is Firminy known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 12 of the 29. That is 41% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Firminy?
Louise Faure-Favier, born in 1870. The youngest on the list was born in 2005.
Who counts as from Firminy?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Firminy 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 (15)
- Blandine Dancette: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Anthony Losilla: Northside, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Emmanuelle Bertrand: F.Dupond, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ulrick Chavas: Yannick34, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louise Faure-Favier: Agence Rol, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Dino Cinieri: O-R, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Henri Romans-Petit: Henri_Romans-Petit.jpg : Claude Richard derivative work: Agamitsudo, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierrick Courbon: O-R, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jeanne Collonge: KAgaoua, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jérémy Jurkiewicz: Kagaoua, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Antoine Ker: Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Willy Sagnol: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adel Chedli: محمد أمين الطرابلسي, 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
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.