No one from Chénas is on the famous people list yet
Alphonse de Lamartine heads the list in Mâcon, 8 mi away, which has 105 names. No town in Rhône lists more than Lyon, with 928. After Lyon, the next longest list in Rhône is Villefranche-sur-Saône’s, with 68. Across Rhône, 126 towns list someone born there.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is Chénas (by its INSEE code) and whose French Wikipedia article agrees, and their English article too when they have one. Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Chénas as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Chénas
Mâcon has the longest list next door: 105.
Mâcon · 8 miAlphonse de Lamartine & 104 more
Belleville-en-Beaujolais · 7 miFranck Durix & 9 moreJPSaint-Georges-de-Reneins · 11 miJean Plattard & 3 moreDMSaint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne · 5 miDidier Maufras & 2 moreBPMontmerle-sur-Saône · 9 miBenoît Poncet & 2 more
Replonges · 10 miLouis Desnoyers & 2 moreGDCrêches-sur-Saône · 4 miGeorges Dubœuf & 1 more
La Chapelle-de-Guinchay · 2 miMichel GillibertQuestions about famous people from Chénas
Who counts as from Chénas?
People whose Wikidata birthplace is Chénas 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)
- Alphonse de Lamartine: Adrien Tournachon, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Franck Durix: Werner Getzmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis Desnoyers: E. Gervais, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Michel Gillibert: CamilleC34, CC BY-SA 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.