No famous person from Tarentaise yet, but Saint-Étienne next door has 355
The longest list in Loire is Saint-Étienne’s, with 355 names. Roanne has the second-longest list in Loire, after Saint-Étienne, with 120. 98 of the towns in Loire list at least one person. The best known born in Saint-Étienne is Willy Sagnol.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Tarentaise (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 Tarentaise as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Tarentaise
Around it, Saint-Étienne has the most people on record, 355 of them.
Saint-Étienne · 6 miWilly Sagnol & 354 more
Saint-Chamond · 7 miEdmond Locard & 46 more
Bourg-Argental · 6 miFerdinand-François-Auguste Donnet & 10 more
La Ricamarie · 6 miAdel Chedli & 5 moreJLSaint-Paul-en-Jarez · 9 miJacques Lisfranc & 3 more
Le Chambon-Feugerolles · 8 miJean Boudoint & 1 moreJSSorbiers · 9 miJean Selic & 1 moreRFSaint-Jean-Bonnefonds · 6 miRégis ForissierQuestions about famous people from Tarentaise
Who counts as from Tarentaise?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Tarentaise 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 (5)
- Willy Sagnol: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Edmond Locard: Unbekannt >100 Jahre, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ferdinand-François-Auguste Donnet: Nadar, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adel Chedli: محمد أمين الطرابلسي, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Boudoint: Fablur, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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