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Famous people · L'Horme, Loire

L'Horme, birthplace of the French composer Alain Bonnard

Alain Bonnard, the French composer, was born in 1939. That places their birth between 1914 and 1969. Readers can find them written up in one language. For more famous names, Saint-Chamond is 2 mi away: its list has 47, led by Edmond Locard.

Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Alain Bonnard
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
1939
Alain Bonnard
Most common field
Music
1 person
The best known

Born in L'Horme

AB#1
Music

Alain Bonnard

1939–2011

French composer (1939–2011)

1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
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Famous people from the towns next door

Close by, Saint-Chamond counts 47 famous people, the most of its neighbours.

Questions about famous people from L'Horme

Who is the most famous person from L'Horme?

Alain Bonnard (French composer (1939–2011)) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.

How many famous people were born in L'Horme?

1 people born in L'Horme have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 2 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 L'Horme known for?

Among its famous people, musicians: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 4% across French towns.

Who counts as from L'Horme?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is L'Horme 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).

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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.