Photo: AirScott · CC BY-SA 4.0No famous person from Villars yet, but Saint-Étienne next door has 355
98 towns across Loire can name a famous person born there. Saint-Étienne’s 355 names make the longest list in Loire. After Saint-Étienne, the next longest list in Loire is Roanne’s, with 120. The best known born in Saint-Étienne is Willy Sagnol.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Villars (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 Villars yet.
Famous people born near Villars
The longest list nearby is Saint-Étienne’s, with 355.
Saint-Étienne · 3 miWilly Sagnol & 354 more
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez · 1 miFaouzi Ghoulam & 15 moreGPRoche-la-Molière · 3 miGeorges Peyroche & 5 more
La Ricamarie · 4 miAdel Chedli & 5 moreJSSorbiers · 5 miJean Selic & 1 more
Le Chambon-Feugerolles · 5 miJean Boudoint & 1 moreBNSaint-Genest-Lerpt · 1 miBlaise NeyretCDLa Talaudière · 4 miCharles DurantinQuestions about famous people from Villars
Who counts as from Villars?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Villars 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 (4)
- Willy Sagnol: Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Faouzi Ghoulam: KevFB, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Adel Chedli: محمد أمين الطرابلسي, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jean Boudoint: Fablur, CC BY 4.0, 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.