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Famous people · Charentay, Rhône

2 famous people call Charentay their birthplace

Articles in 5 languages make the French politician Émile Bender the best known. The other is Henri Bertrand, the French cyclist. Nearby, Villefranche-sur-Saône, 7 mi away, lists 68, led by Benjamin Biolay. From Émile Bender to Henri Bertrand, the births on the list run from 1871 to 1927.

Born here
2
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Émile Bender
5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1871
Émile Bender
Youngest
1927
Henri Bertrand
Most common field
Politics & Law
1 person
The best known

Born in Charentay

ÉB#1
Politics & Law

Émile Bender

1871–1953

French politician (1871–1953)

5 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Known for

What Charentay is known for

Leaders are the most numerous, 1 of them.

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, Villefranche-sur-Saône lists the most people: 68.

Questions about famous people from Charentay

Who is the most famous person from Charentay?

Émile Bender (French politician (1871–1953)) is the best known by our measure: 5 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Henri Bertrand.

How many famous people were born in Charentay?

2 people born in Charentay have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 3 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 Charentay known for?

Among its famous people, leaders: 1 of the 2. That is 50% of the town’s list, against 24% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Charentay?

Émile Bender, born in 1871. The youngest on the list was born in 1927.

Who counts as from Charentay?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Charentay 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)

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.