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Famous people · Beaujeu, Rhône

Beaujeu’s famous people span 219 years: 6 births from 1734 to 1953

Articles in 5 languages make the French Catholic priest Jean-Baptiste-Irénée Callot the best known. Jean-Baptiste Pressavin and Joseph Frantz follow. The list’s best known name, Jean-Baptiste-Irénée Callot, dates from 1814. Leaders make up the largest group, 2 of them.

Born here
6
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Jean-Baptiste-Irénée Callot
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1734
Jean-Baptiste Pressavin
Youngest
1953
Rémo Gary
Most common field
Politics & Law
2 people
The best known

Born in Beaujeu

Counted by languages, Jean-Baptiste-Irénée Callot is ahead of Jean-Baptiste Pressavin and Joseph Frantz: 5, 3 and 3.

JC#1
Faith

Jean-Baptiste-Irénée Callot

1814–1875

French Catholic priest

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
JP#2
Politics & Law

Jean-Baptiste Pressavin

1734–1800

French politician

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
JF#3
Science & Medicine

Joseph Frantz

1890–1979

French WWI pilot (1890-1979)

3 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia (French) ↗
Through the years

When Beaujeu’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1810s, at 1.

Ancien RégimeRevolution to EmpireBelle ÉpoqueThe 20th century17501800185019001950Rémo GaryBertrand ChautardJean-Baptiste PressavinJean-Baptiste-Irénée Callot
Politics & LawFaithScience & MedicineFilm, TV & StageMusic

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Beaujeu is known for

Leaders are the most numerous, 2 of them.

The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Beaujeu

The other 3 span the years 1912 to 1953.

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns nearby, Belleville-en-Beaujolais lists the most people: 10.

Questions about famous people from Beaujeu

Who is the most famous person from Beaujeu?

Jean-Baptiste-Irénée Callot (French Catholic priest) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Jean-Baptiste Pressavin and Joseph Frantz.

How many famous people were born in Beaujeu?

6 people born in Beaujeu have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 13 people here; the rest aren’t listed because an article names somewhere else or no town, or a check couldn’t be completed.

What is Beaujeu known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 2 of the 6. That is 33% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Beaujeu?

Jean-Baptiste Pressavin, born in 1734. The youngest on the list was born in 1953.

Who counts as from Beaujeu?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Beaujeu 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 (2)

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.