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Photo: Moirouxclaire · CC BY-SA 3.0Famous people · Chassieu, Rhône
Chassieu has just one famous person to its name: Ambre Ouazar
The French footballer Ambre Ouazar was born in 2007. One language has an article about them so far. Villeurbanne, 4 mi off, can claim 64 famous people, the best known Florent Manaudou. Across Rhône, 126 towns list someone born there.
Born here
1
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Ambre Ouazar
1 Wikipedia or sister-site article
First
2007
Ambre Ouazar
Most common field
Sports
1 person
The best known
Born in Chassieu
Next door
Famous people from the towns next door
Villeurbanne has the longest list next door: 64.
Villeurbanne · 4 miFlorent Manaudou & 63 more
Lyon 3e · 5 miBruno Grua & 40 more
Vénissieux · 5 miMaxime Gonalons & 32 moreÉPBron · 3 miÉric Poulat & 29 moreMGDécines-Charpieu · 2 miMalo Gusto & 19 moreGSVaulx-en-Velin · 3 miGaël Da Silva & 6 moreKMMeyzieu · 3 miKhalis Merah & 1 moreCRSaint-Priest · 3 miChristophe Rippert & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Chassieu
Who is the most famous person from Chassieu?
Ambre Ouazar (French footballer) is the best known by our measure: 1 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages.
How many famous people were born in Chassieu?
1 people born in Chassieu have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one).
What is Chassieu known for?
Among its famous people, athletes: 1 of the 1. That is 100% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.
Who counts as from Chassieu?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chassieu 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 (3)
- 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.