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Photo: Nanzig · CC BY-SA 4.0Famous people · Sorbiers, Loire
2 famous people call Sorbiers their birthplace
Articles in 2 languages make the cyclist Jean Selic the best known. The list has one more: the French bishop Irénée-Rambert Faure. Within 5 mi, Saint-Étienne lists the most: 355, with Willy Sagnol first. The first birth on record is Irénée-Rambert Faure’s, in 1872, and the last Jean Selic’s, in 1934.
Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean Selic
2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1872
Irénée-Rambert Faure
Youngest
1934
Jean Selic
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Sorbiers
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Faith
Irénée-Rambert Faure
1872–1948French bishop (1872-1948)
1 Wikipedia or sister-site articleWikipedia (French) ↗
Known for
What Sorbiers is known for
1 of them work in Sports, the biggest field.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, Saint-Étienne lists the most people: 355.
Saint-Étienne · 5 miWilly Sagnol & 354 more
Saint-Chamond · 4 miEdmond Locard & 46 more
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez · 3 miFaouzi Ghoulam & 15 moreCDLa Talaudière · 1 miCharles DurantinRFSaint-Jean-Bonnefonds · 3 miRégis ForissierFGSaint-Héand · 4 miFrédéric GirerdABL'Horme · 5 miAlain BonnardGMLa Grand-Croix · 6 miGustave MalécotQuestions about famous people from Sorbiers
Who is the most famous person from Sorbiers?
Jean Selic (Cyclist) is the best known by our measure: 2 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Irénée-Rambert Faure.
How many famous people were born in Sorbiers?
2 people born in Sorbiers have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Sorbiers known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Sorbiers?
Irénée-Rambert Faure, born in 1872. The youngest on the list was born in 1934.
Who counts as from Sorbiers?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Sorbiers 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)
- Willy Sagnol: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmond Locard: Unbekannt >100 Jahre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Faouzi Ghoulam: KevFB, 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.