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Famous people · Bron, Rhône
Of the 30 famous people born in Bron, an unusual share are athletes
At the top of the list is the French football referee Éric Poulat, covered in 17 languages. Second and third on the list are Catherine Chabaud and Pierrick Valdivia. The largest group, 18, was born between 1914 and 1969. François Varillon, born in 1905, is the earliest name and Arthur Rozenfeld, born in 1995, the latest.
Born here
30
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Éric Poulat
17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1905
François Varillon
Youngest
1995
Arthur Rozenfeld
Most common field
Sports
15 people
What stands out about Bron’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Bron’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1960s come out on top, with 11 births.
SportsWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawFilm, TV & StageFaithMusic
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Bron is known for
No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 2.6 times.
The usual town: the share across everyone listed in French towns. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Bron
By how many languages cover them, Éric Poulat comes first (17), then Catherine Chabaud (13) and Pierrick Valdivia (12).
#2Writing & Arts
Catherine Chabaud
born 1962French journalist and politician
13 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
#3Everyone
Everyone else born in Bron
Still to come: 27 more, from 1905 to 1995.
Elisabeth Inandiak
born 1959French writer engaged with several village communities hit by natural or human disasters in Indonesia, where she has lived since 1990
Writing & ArtsWikipedia (French) ↗
No one matches both filters.
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
The fullest list close by belongs to Lyon, with 928.
Lyon · 4 miAndré-Marie Ampère & 927 more
Villeurbanne · 3 miFlorent Manaudou & 63 more
Lyon 3e · 3 miBruno Grua & 40 more
Vénissieux · 3 miMaxime Gonalons & 32 moreHFLyon 6e · 4 miHervé Fabre-Aubrespy & 29 moreMGDécines-Charpieu · 3 miMalo Gusto & 19 moreGSVaulx-en-Velin · 3 miGaël Da Silva & 6 moreMYSaint-Fons · 3 miMarie-Josèphe Yoyotte & 4 moreQuestions about famous people from Bron
Who is the most famous person from Bron?
Éric Poulat (French football referee) is the best known by our measure: 17 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Catherine Chabaud and Pierrick Valdivia.
How many famous people were born in Bron?
30 people born in Bron have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 47 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 Bron known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 15 of the 30. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who is the earliest-born famous person from Bron?
François Varillon, born in 1905. The youngest on the list was born in 1995.
Who counts as from Bron?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Bron 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 (11)
- Catherine Chabaud: Environnement2100, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pierrick Valdivia: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sacha Theocharis: Clément Bucco-Lechat, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Rozenfeld: Timan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Guy Poirieux: Jtaite, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Denis Varaschin: Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivier Berruyer: Olivier Berruyer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- André-Marie Ampère: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Florent Manaudou: Oleg Bkhambri (Voltmetro), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bruno Grua: Communicatio15, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maxime Gonalons: Вячеслав Евдокимов, 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.