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Famous people · Écully, Rhône

Athletes stand out among the 10 famous people born in Écully

Articles in 19 languages make the French association football player Melvin Bard the best known. 9 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. From Achille de Jouffroy to Erawan Garnier, the births on the list run from 1785 to 2006. The list comes to 5.6 for every 10,000 residents, against 1.4 in the typical town in Rhône.

#2 best knownAlexis JandardSports · born 1997
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Born here
10
confirmed by Wikipedia
Best known
Melvin Bard
19 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
First
1785
Achille de Jouffroy
Youngest
2006
Erawan Garnier
Most common field
Sports
7 people

What stands out about Écully’s famous people

★ What stands out · Known for

What Écully is known for

Athletes stand out most, at 3.7 times the usual share.

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

Through the years

When Écully’s famous people were born

More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other ten years, 5 in all.

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

The best known

Born in Écully

All three are athletes.

MB#1
Sports

Melvin Bard

born 2000

French association football player

19 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Alexis Jandard#2
Sports

Alexis Jandard

born 1997

French diver

10 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
EG#3
Sports

Erawan Garnier

born 2006

French-Thai footballer

8 Wikipedia and sister-site articlesWikipedia ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Écully

7 more names, born between 1785 and 2005.

AM

Aaron Malouda

born 2005

French professional footballer (born 2005)

Next door

Famous people from the towns next door

Of the towns around it, Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon has the most on record: 27.

Questions about famous people from Écully

Who is the most famous person from Écully?

Melvin Bard (French association football player) is the best known by our measure: 19 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages. Next come Alexis Jandard and Erawan Garnier.

How many famous people were born in Écully?

10 people born in Écully have a French Wikipedia article that confirms the town as their birthplace (and an English one that agrees, when there is one). Wikidata places 22 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 Écully known for?

Among its famous people, athletes: 7 of the 10. That is 70% of the town’s list, against 19% across French towns.

Who is the earliest-born famous person from Écully?

Achille de Jouffroy, born in 1785. The youngest on the list was born in 2006.

Who counts as from Écully?

People whose Wikidata birthplace is Écully 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 (8)

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.