No famous person from Saint-Joseph yet, but Saint-Chamond next door has 47
Across Loire, 98 towns list someone born there. The longest list of any town in Loire belongs to Saint-Étienne, with 355. After Saint-Étienne, the next longest list in Loire is Roanne’s, with 120. The best known born in Saint-Chamond is Edmond Locard.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Joseph (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Joseph as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Saint-Joseph
The best known from each town within 12 mi of Saint-Joseph, with how many people each has.
Saint-Chamond · 8 miEdmond Locard & 46 moreALGivors · 7 miAnthony Lopes & 22 more
Rive-de-Gier · 2 miCyril Dessel & 21 moreJLSaint-Paul-en-Jarez · 5 miJacques Lisfranc & 3 moreJGMornant · 5 miJean Gobet & 3 more
Chabanière · 3 miClément Bonnand & 1 moreAPLorette · 3 miAlain Prost & 1 moreGMLa Grand-Croix · 4 miGustave MalécotQuestions about famous people from Saint-Joseph
Who counts as from Saint-Joseph?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Saint-Joseph 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)
- Edmond Locard: Unbekannt >100 Jahre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cyril Dessel: www.instants-cyclistes.fr from France, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Clément Bonnand: Unknown author Unknown author, 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.