La Chamba has yet to put a famous person on the list
Joseph Marie Terray heads the list in Boën-sur-Lignon, 12 mi away, which has 5 names. Across Loire, 98 towns list someone born there. The longest list in Loire is Saint-Étienne’s, with 355 names. 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 La Chamba (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 La Chamba yet.
Famous people born near La Chamba
2 towns around it have someone on record.
Questions about famous people from La Chamba
Who counts as from La Chamba?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is La Chamba 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 (1)
- 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.